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Ease the shortage of electricity coal, the first batch of coal from Kazakhstan arrives in Zhejiang|Kazakhstan|Coal|Zhejiang_Sina News

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Original title: Ease the shortage of electricity coal, the first batch of coal from Kazakhstan arrived in Zhejiang

On October 4, the coal unloader was unloading thermal coal imported from Kazakhstan at the Liuheng Coal Transit Terminal in Zhoushan, Zhejiang Province. This is the first time that Zhejiang Province has purchased coal from Kazakhstan. “Timely rain”.

The coal unloader of Zheneng Zhoushan Liuheng Coal Transfer Wharf is unloading imported electric coal from Kazakhstan. Photo by Yan Fei

Kazakhstan is the world‘s largest landlocked country. Although it is adjacent to my country’s Xinjiang, it is a long land route to Zhejiang and needs to traverse China. The cost of land transportation of coal is high. However, the state-owned railways and canals are connected to the Black Sea, and the relatively low cost of shipping. Given the current high domestic electricity coal prices, it is economically feasible for Kazakhstan to purchase coal from Zhejiang.

It is understood that this batch of 136,000 tons of high-calorific value (6,000 kcal) high-quality Kazakhstan coal was purchased by Fuxing Fuel Company, a subsidiary of Zhejiang Energy Group, to the Liuheng Coal Transfer Terminal. ) The ship ran at sea for 30 days, sailing 8501 nautical miles (approximately 15,700 kilometers).

Since the beginning of this year, the economic situation in Zhejiang Province has been good, coal consumption has increased significantly year-on-year, and Zheneng Group’s thermal coal units have been under high load for a long time, resulting in a decline in thermal coal inventory. In order to ensure the safety and stability of Zhejiang’s power coal supply, Zheneng Fuxing Fuel Company actively communicates with domestic suppliers and implements long-term cooperation resources on the one hand. For coal resources, a batch of high-quality thermal coal resources in Kazakhstan will be locked in advance to provide an effective supplement for the high-heat imported coal resources in Zhejiang Province, which is currently resource-stricken.

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Kazakhstan’s national coal reserves are about 176.7 billion tons, ranking eighth in the world, accounting for 4% of the world’s total reserves. There are 100 coal fields that have been proven and mined throughout the country, which can provide relatively rich coal resources and the heating value of Kazakhstan’s coal. High, low sulfur and low ash content. It can be blended with low calorific value and high sulfur coal to meet the dual control needs of Zhejiang Province and help Zhejiang promote clean coal.

Fuxing Fuel Company is the largest coal purchase and sale enterprise in Zhejiang. Since the beginning of this year, Zheneng Fuxing Fuel Company has been expanding new channels to ensure coal supply. During the peak summer period in June and July, it purchased two ships of high-calorific value American coal (6,000 kcal) with a total of 130,000 tons. This is also the company Purchased US thermal coal for the first time.

(Zhejiang News Client Correspondent Zhu Jiangyun, reporter Zhang Fan, reporter Yan Fei, and trainee reporter Hu Jingyi)

Editor in charge: Chen Yan SN225

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