Tag: Taiwan

Taiwan: Growing power demand lifts coal imports by 10%, y-o-y, in CY’21

Jan 13, 2022

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Rituparna Ghosh

in Non Coking

Taiwan’s coal imports rose by 10% y-o-y to 69.6 mn t in CY’21 on rising power demand, CoalMint’s vessel line-up data shows. Major power cuts last year had compelled several semiconductor factories to impose phased blackouts to manage electricity shortages. The country’s bituminous coal imports rose by 11% y-o-y to 57.2 mn t. Met coke…