The road ahead for Northeast and Southeast Asian thermal coal markets

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The road ahead for Northeast and Southeast Asian thermal coal markets

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Jun 16, 2020

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S&P Global Platts Asia thermal coal team Deepak Kannan, Fred Wang and Jenny Ma discuss key developments in Northeast and Southeast Asia region amid the coronavirus pandemic, while Platts Analytics analyst Matthew Boyle gives a peek into the outlook for coal demand and supply-demand fundamentals for the rest of 2020.

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Jun 16, 2020

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The road ahead for Northeast and Southeast Asian thermal coal markets

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