More than 100 officials in Gansu province were held accountable three years ago for illegal coal mining on the northern slope of the Qilian Mountains on the Gansu-Qinghai border.

They come from coal, iron ore, nickel ore and grain exporters, such as Australia, Indonesia and the Philippines.

The sharp decline, said the Mongolian Customs General Administration, is largely due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Prices in Australia, the biggest coal supplier to South Korea, were in the red this week.

Indonesia H2 coal production outlook bearish, seaborne fundamentals weak.

China's coal industry association the CCTD forecasts domestic coal supplies to exceed demand in this year's second half because of new production capacity starting up.

China's coal hub Shanxi continues to slash overcapacity, close mines.

China's benchmark power coal price edges down.