Friday, May 11, 2007

S.Africa coal sales to UK to slip with green rules

(Reuters) - South African exports of coal to Britain, a major market, are set to slip a little as some UK power generators say they will reduce use of the country's coal from January 2008 to meet new nitrogen oxides emissions rules.

South Africa is the second largest supplier of imported coal to the UK, which in 2006 imported around 12 million tonnes of the fuel, mostly from producers Anglo Coal, Xstrata and BHP Billiton.


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