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Weekly US coal carloads up 3.7% from last year: AAR
Houston (Platts)--30 Oct 2014 420 pm EDT/2020 GMT

Weekly coal carloads originated by US railroads totaled 115,551 in the week that ended Saturday, up 4.6% from the prior week and 3.7% above the year-ago week, the Association of American Railroads said Thursday.
Markets feel the uncertainty over China's coal import regulations
October 27, 2014 16:05:00 EST

James O'Connell explains how the spread between the CCI 1 and the CCI8 has recently almost doubled and Chinese imports of Indonesian coal appear to be shifting, while Australian coal may find some reprieve from coming Chinese regulations.
Chinese traders seek to pass through import tax to Australian shippers
October 28, 2014 - Chinese traders paying the Asian country's new import tax on Australian cargoes of bituminous thermal coal are attempting to pass on the expense to coal shippers in Australia, resulting in severe downward pressure on FOB prices, traders said recently.
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