JOHANNESBURG, March 8 (Reuters) – South Africa
exported 6.09 million tonnes from the Richards Bay Coal Terminal
in February, up from 4.46 million tonnes the previous month,
data showed on Thursday.
Africa’s biggest economy — a major exporter of coal to
power stations in Europe and Asia — had 2.82 million tonnes of
stock at the terminal at the end of February, RBCT said.
Coal producers in South Africa include Anglo American,
BHP Billiton , Exxaro, Optimum Coal
and Xstrata.
(Reporting by Agnieszka Flak; editing by David Dolan)
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