Analysis of the thermal coal market

Customer
Kemerovskiy razrez LLC

The purpose of the project
To find new “growth areas” in the Russian market of thermal coal, as well as in the supply of such fuel to foreign consumers

Decision
NEFT Research has been monitoring the situation with the consumption of thermal coal of various grades for several months: analyzed the structure and dynamics of rail shipments of fuel in Russia and for export in 2019 and compared it with previous years, conducted in-depth expert interviews with consumers.

Result
Olga Dyakonova, General Director of Kemerovskiy razrez LLC:
“We regularly receive information from NEFT Research analysts on the volume of coal purchases by consumers in Russia, as well as cargo flows in the main export destinations. This allowed the company to find new customers in Russia in 2019 and conclude a profitable spot contract for the supply of coal for export to one of the countries of the Asia-Pacific region (APR).”