The sense of urgency may have gone out of the expansion of the Australian coal industry but there’s little doubt existing and prospective producers expect the worst of the global financial crisis to be over within 12 months.
Already this year thermal and metallurgical markets show signs of recovery, with monthly reports from major export ports backing up the Australian Bureau of Agriculture and Resource Economics’ broader perspective (see page 17)....
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