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The Canberra Times
The Canberra Times
National
Alex Crowe

Australia's biggest coal market to reduce dependency on imports

Coal producing nations are expected to prioritise local jobs by cutting down on imports. Picture: Shutterstock

China's demand for Australian coal will decline rapidly over the next few years as investment in rail infrastructure and cheap coal from its neighbours begins to pay off, new research shows.

The economics of importing coal from Australia, rather than politically-friendly Mongolia, won't stack up for our biggest importer, academics at the Australian National University say.

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