China imported coal at the slowest rate in almost four years, sending coal markets into a tailspin. For the month of February, China imported 5.86 million metric tons of thermal coal, a 46-month low, and a nearly 50 percent decline year-on-year. The dip may have seen a bit of an artificial dip as China’s Lunar New Year resulted in slower industrial activity.

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