Coal Imports from South Africa fall by 24% in 11 months: Mjunction 

India's imports of coal from South Africa fell
in the first 11 months of 2011, while China almost doubled purchases, according
to Mjunction Services Ltd.

India bought 14.39 million metric tons of the fuel from
South Africa, i.e. down 24% from 18.96 million in the same period a year
earlier, India Coal Market Watch, said a unit of Mjunction.

Purchases in November fell 21 percent from the previous year
to 1.29 million tons.

However, South Africa's shipments to China, the world's
biggest coal consumer, rose by 88 percent to 12.26 million tons in the first 11
months of 2011.