Mining.com reported that New South Wales coal exports have grown in the past financial year showing that there is a growing global demand for coal.

As quoted in the market news,

Coal Services found exports are up 5 per cent on FY14, from 127 million tonnes to 133 million tonnes in FY15.

The drop in export volume to China has been made up in other Asian countries, with Korea up 8 per cent, Taiwan up 21 per cent, and the rest of Asia (bar Japan and China) doubling their Australian imports to 15.6 million tonnes in the past nine months.

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