Met exports at six-year low for corresponding month Thermal coal shipments decrease 23.5% on month Coal exports from Ridley Terminals in British Colombia dropped to 373,310 mt in March, down 37.3% on the month and 44.1% on the year, Price Rupert Port Authority data showed April 22.
It was a six-year low for the corresponding month. The total combines metallurgical and thermal coal and was 53.1% lower than the five-year average for March. On a year-to-date basis, exports were more than triple the 2021 period. Roughly 140,287 mt of met coal was exported from the terminals in March, down 51.7% on the month and 73% on the year. It was a six-year low for the corresponding month. On a year-to-date basis, met exports were 626,802 mt, down 45% from the year-ago period. Thermal coal exports were […]