Turkish coal import restriction change could spur Colombian competition: sources

Posted on March 19, 2014 by Nanthakumar Victor Emmanuel, P.Eng Leave a comment

Turkey’s environment ministry is considering a proposal to increase a limit on the volatile content of imported thermal coal, a move that could potentially allow more Colombian producers to sell their products to the country, according to market sources Wednesday.
Cerrejon — a joint venture between Glencore Xstrata, BHP Billiton and Anglo American — is currently the only Colombian producer which can ship coal that satisfies all of Turkey’s imported thermal coal quality restrictions.