Russia is especially important with China to match the coal ingredients.
The Ministry of Energy of Russia is working on alternative food routes, presenting examples of proposals with food products. Currently, Russia is discussing an increase in the supply of coal with China, said Petr Bobylev, head of the coal industry department of the Ministry of Energy.
“I can only speak for those cases that include the Ministry of Energy. It is advisable to look for everyone, even with the African countries they work with. If from the countries of the East, then absolutely for sure (there are features.— “b”) with China, the story with Taiwan, it is also a major consumer,” said TASS Mr Bobylev. Meanwhile, the Ministry of Energy is mixing with stevedores, Russian Railways and coal enterprises, processing a significant number of alternative routes for the choice of coal.
Against the backdrop of Western coal companies, profitable transportation of coal along the Amur River is beneficial, as regards the transportation of part of the cargo traffic from the bottlenecks of the BAM. They also count on the expansion of railways in the Khabarovsk Territory to increase shipments at the port of Vanino and increase the throughput of land border crossings from China.
Previously, countries used an embargo on imports of Russian coal, which has slowed down the effect since August. In this regard, coal prices from the Russian Federation tripled compared to mid-2021. At the same time, Russia is increasing coal exports to India, putting more than 40% of the volume for the entire last year in the first quarter of 2022. According to the plans of the Ministry of Energy, Russia should attract 25% of foreign coal markets by 2050 and remain in the top three in energy exports. Now the share of Russia is 18%.
Read more in the publication “Kommersant” “Russian coal Osnovvet on the Amur”.
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