South Africa’s coal exports edge up 1.71% in 2014
14 Jan 2015
January 14: South Africa’s coal exports through Richards Bay Coal Terminal (RBCT) rose 1.71% in calendar 2014 (January-December) to 71.24 million tons (mt) from 70.04 mt in CY2013, according to data available with ICMW.
During the month of December, exports rose 11.77% to 7,949,328 tons from 7,112,245 tons in November.
Exports during the month were also higher by 17.10% from 6,788,393 tons exported in December 2013.
Following are the details of monthly coal exports through RBCT in 2014 and 2013 (in tons):
Months
|
2014 |
2013 |
January |
4,569,076 |
4,213,927 |
February |
4,487,674 |
5,451,541 |
March |
6,901,887 |
7,490,334 |
April |
5,452,149 |
6,207,570 |
May |
5,098,688 |
4,342,370 |
June |
4,917,647 |
5,307,655 |
July |
5,421,814 |
6,160,290 |
August |
6,242,109 |
5,161,617 |
September |
6,695,949 |
5,572,670 |
October |
6,389,015 |
7,274,907 |
November |
7,112,245 |
6,068,566 |
December |
7,949,328 |
6,788,393 |
Total (Jan-Dec) |
71,237,581 |
70,039,840 |