Impact of cyclone Debbie on steel plants around the world

Impact of cyclone Debbie on steel plants around the world Last Modified: 07-Apr-2017 3:40 PM
  • 13 million tonnes
    Amount of coking coal from Australia that will be affected due to the disruption. It represents about 3 per cent of global coking coal supply this year, according to Daniel Hynes, commodity strategist at ANZ.
  • 3
    Countries with large steel making capacity that depend on coking coal imports from Australia include: China, Japan and India.
  • 50%
    Percentage of coking coal that China and Japan import from Australia. They, along with India, will now need to turn to Russia and Mongolia to make up for disrupted supplies.