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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Anton L. Delgado and Aniruddha Ghosal

Asia boosts coal use as Iran war squeezes global LNG supplies

Iran Asia Coal - (Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

Asian countries are turning to coal as the Iran war disrupts oil and gas shipments.

The continent is exposed because it relies on imported fuel, much of it passing through the Strait of Hormuz — a chokepoint for about a fifth of global oil and natural gas trade.

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