Why China's insatiable appetite for coal has likely peaked

Saturday, September 20th 2014 - 00:04 UTC

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A recent report from Greenpeace found that China's coal consumption declined in the first half of this year and new Chinese government data suggests that the country's coal imports have dropped. Estimates indicate that by the end of the year, China's coal imports could be 8 percent below 2013 levels. Read full article

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...must be a shortage of pregnant women...
Sep 20th, 2014 - 11:55 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Oil and gas imports in China are still rising. EIA forecasts that China's oil consumption will continue growing through 2014 at a moderate pace to approximately 11.1 million bbl/d, and its net oil imports will reach 6.6 million bbl/d compared to 5.5 million bbl/d for the United States.

http://www.eia.gov/countries/cab.cfm?fips=ch

If and when the imports drop that will be a clear indicator that China is in recession.
Sep 20th, 2014 - 12:10 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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