Inner Mongolia Ganqimaodu faces coal overstock

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Publish time: 3rd August, 2012      Source: ChinaCCM
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Coal inventories at Ganqimaodu border crossing in Inner Mongolia have been staying at a high level. As of late June coal stockpiled at the border crossing stood at 2.15 million tonnes up by 1.6 times YoY as traders are not selling well as profit margins reduced amid weakening price advantage of the imported coal.

Coal imports through Ganqimaodu still increased notably as most coal traders had signed long term contracts with Mongolia coal producers, and thus had to buy certain amount of coal in certain period to avoid defaults of the Mongolian side. In the first six months coal imports through the border crossing surged 34.3%YoY to 5.37 million tonnes.