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Coal resurrects to become one of the hottest commodities

Occurrence of La Nina later this year could light up the market for coal further

Sat, Sep 10, 2016 - 5:50 AM

BLACK GOLD? Zinc is this year's best-performing commodity, but coal is not far off. Contracts for delivery in Q3 to Antwerp, Amsterdam and Rotterdam gain 33 per cent, while Australian benchmark contracts rise 40 per cent.

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FOR all the predictions about the death of coal, it's now one of the hottest commodities in the world. The resurrection may have further to run.

A surge in Chinese imports to compensate for lower domestic production has seen European prices jump to near an 18-month high,...

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