China Oct coal exports 2.56 mln tons, down 51 pct yr-on-yr - customs
November 11th, 2008 BEIJING (XFN-ASIA) - China exported 2.56 mln tons of coal in October, down 51 pct from a year earlier, the General Administration of Customs said.
The drop is due to tighter coal export quotas as well as weaker international coal prices, it said.
Coal miners have nearly used up the first series of export quota totaling [...]