China's coal imports bounced back in December as domestic demand for the fuel surged during the harsh early winter.

India's mjunction service platform preliminary statistics show that India's coal imports from April to November 2020 were 137.16 million tons, down 17% from 165.35 million tons in the same period last year.

China's raw coal output rose 0.1 percent year on year to 3.13 billion tonnes in the first 10 months of 2020, official data showed.

China's raw coal output declined 0.1 percent year-on-year to 2.79 billion tonnes in the first nine months of 2020, official data showed.

US coal exports fell from year-earlier levels in July as a drop in thermal coal shipments outweighed an increase in metallurgical volumes.

Japan's coking coal imports rose in July on the back of a recovery in steel output, mainly from auto manufacturing demand.

The sharp decline, said the Mongolian Customs General Administration, is largely due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

European coal imports inched up from April's three-decade low, but were still sharply down on the year in May.