South Africa-based Richards Bay Coal Terminal (RBCT), one of the world's largest coal handling ports, has announced that it exported 6.24 million mt of coal in April, down 16.8 percent from 7.5 million mt in March and up 20.6 percent year on year.
Coal exports from the terminal in the first four months of the year amounted to 23.4 million mt, increasing by 6.55 percent compared to the corresponding period of the previous year. Stocks at the terminal stood at 3.61 million mt at the end of April.