UBS pins China coal price surge on Shanxi mine disaster and safety crackdown
Published on: Tuesday 16 June 2026
UBS has linked a sharp rise in Chinese coal prices to a fatal mine disaster and the safety crackdown that followed. Prices of metallurgical coal, the coking coal used to make steel, are up about 33% since March, while thermal coal, burned for power, has risen around 15%. The trigger was a...