Coal exports from Australia’s Queensland state hit record levels for the second year in 2015, with shipments to India up sharply despite stalled attempts by Indian conglomerates to win approvals to dig new outback mines, data showed on Monday.
The state’s exports rose 2% to 220-million tonnes in 2015 from the previous record of 216-million tonnes in 2014, and continue to grow, according to the Queensland Resources Council lobby group.
