Awrighty China, the ball appears to be back in your court. You have other alternate coal sources?
One option is to increase domestic production of the black stuff.
from October 2021:
https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/20/business/china-coal-productio…
(CNN Business) The Chinese government has ordered the country’s coal mines to “produce as much coal as possible” as it tries to increase production as winter approaches, and ease an ongoing energy crunch.
The announcement from China’s National Development and Reform Commission comes after weeks of power shortages across many provinces, forcing the government to ration electricity during peak hours and some factories to suspend production. The problem has weighed on economic growth as industrial output drops.
from Power Engineering mag…
https://www.power-eng.com/coal/china-reopening-coal-mines-as…
China’s NDRC authorized 15 coal mines to restart production across the Shanxi and Xinjiang regions in the north, amounting to about 44 million tons of coal delivery. Other mines are reopening elsewhere.
Whether or not these production mandates will have the effect of satisfying demand is anyone’s guess.
- Pete