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Pakistan: Thermal coal imports surge as LNG remains scarce

May 1, 2026

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by

Yuvraj Chouhan

in Non Coking

Q1 thermal coal imports at 2.1 mnt – up around 100% year-on-year South African supplies jump to 1.6 mnt – from 590,000 t in Q1 2025 H1 2026 forecast raised to 5.4 mnt – up 3 mnt year-on-year Pakistan’s thermal coal imports more than doubled in the first quarter of 2026, driven by severe LNG…