The impact of the coronavirus outbreak on Chinese coal has resulted in a production standstill, as the effects reverberate across the wider commodity markets and with shipowners reluctant to move their vessels into the Pacific basin, market sources said Tuesday. Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience. Register Now According to S&P Global Platts Analytics, the situation in China has yet to return to “business as usual” and said it would take weeks until economic and transport activity returned to normal — although it was challenging to gauge the extent to which activity had returned due to insufficient data. Only a few Chinese producers — notably in Datong and Shandong — have recently looked to restart coal production […]