Australia coal loadings take advantage of Indonesia pricing confusion

Weekly coal loadings from Australia have sharply increased, with early figures pointing to a significant recovery from seasonal lows.

Chart titled Australia: Coal Loadings [Mt/Wk] showing weekly coal loading volumes from January 2023 to April 2025. The graph uses IFCHOR GALBRAITHS brand colours and highlights a sharp increase to 7.8 Mt in late April 2025—the highest level in five years for this period. The key phrase Australia coal loadings is featured, with data compared year-on-year and month-on-month, alongside a shaded range marking the 5-year minimum and maximum values.

Rebounding +55% from a 5-year seasonal low at the start of Apr’25, weekly Australia coal loadings reached a 5-year seasonal high of 7.8Mt last week, driven by rising interest on Asian importers increasingly shifting away from Indonesian coal, more specifically Chinese importers and Indian steel mills restocking ahead of monsoon season.

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