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Colombian coal output drops by 49% in Q2 CY20; Covid-19 heavily dents demand

Sep 16, 2020

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by

Aditi Tiwari

in Non Coking

World’s fifth largest coal exporter – Colombia’s coal output have recorded a plunge of 49% y-o-y at 9.7 mn t during Q2 CY20 (Apr-Jun) against 18.8 mn t in Q2 CY19. COVID-led five months of quarantine in Colombia, starting from March to August and lacklustre export demand pushed the mining companies to curtail their coal production. Major miners in Colombia include Drummond,…