China's coal demand will continue to maintain low-

In 2013, China's coal demand will continue to maintain a low-speed growth trend

this year, China is still in an important period of strategic development opportunities for the in-depth promotion of industrialization, informatization, urbanization and agricultural modernization, and coal demand will have new growth. In 2012, the national coal output was 3.66 billion tons, an increase of 4% over the previous year. Electrolyte additives and diaphragm coating are important measures to cooperate with lithium-ion batteries to increase voltage (improve energy density), maintain service life and ensure safety, and the growth rate fell by 4.7 percentage points year-on-year

2012 witnessed major changes in the coal market, which generally experienced three stages. In the first four months, the supply and demand of coal were basically balanced and the price was stable; From May to September, the situation of oversupply in the coal market was obvious, the demand and price fell sharply, and the inventory increased sharply; Since October, coal demand has rebounded, and prices have remained low and stable

coal imports increased significantly. The annual import of coal was 289 million tons, an increase of 29.8% year-on-year; Exports were 9.26 million tons, down 36.8% year-on-year; The net import was 280 million tons, with a year-on-year increase of 71.9 million tons, an increase of 34.5%. Imported coal plays an enhanced role in regulating the domestic market. Coal inventories remain high. At the end of 2012, coal enterprises stored 85 million tons of coal, with a year-on-year increase of 31.2 million tons. There was no lining plate between jaw chuck and jaw seat by 58%; Key power generation enterprises stored 81.13 million tons of coal, a year-on-year decrease of 520000 tons, a decrease of 0.6%, and the available days remained above 19 days. Coal enterprises are not subject to this limit, and there is great inventory pressure

coal prices fell. On December 28, 2012, China's coal price index was 170.7 points, down 28.8 points from the beginning of the year and up 3.1 points from October. At the end of December 2012, the closing price of coal in the 5500 kcal market of Qinhuangdao port was yuan/ton, down 170 yuan/ton from the beginning of the year. Compared with the beginning of the year, the price of metallurgical coal generally fell by about yuan/ton at the same time. Since September last year, the price of coking coal in some regions has stopped falling and rebounded slightly, with an increase of about yuan/ton. The international political and economic situation is grim, the world's coal demand has declined, the international coal price has fallen, and China's net import has increased significantly; The slowdown of domestic economic growth, the decline in the growth rate of coal demand and the continuous growth of fixed asset investment in the coal mining and dressing industry, and the contradiction of leading capacity construction; In addition, due to the weather, hydropower is fully developed, the utilization hours of coal-fired power plants are reduced, and the consumption of electricity and coal is reduced

this year, China is still in an important period of strategic development opportunities for the in-depth promotion of industrialization, informatization, urbanization and agricultural modernization, and the demand for coal will have new growth. At the same time, affected by the severe and complex situation at home and abroad, there are still many unstable and uncertain factors in the economic operation, and the impact on the development of the coal industry cannot be underestimated. It is preliminarily judged that the coal demand will continue to maintain a low-speed growth in 2013, and the coal market will continue to show a relatively loose supply and demand situation