Coal exports from three major North Queensland terminals were 11.57 million tonnes in November, rising 4.73% on the year and 8.56% on the month, showed data from North Queensland Bulk Ports Corporation.

The ports exported a total 122 million tonnes of coal in January-November, up 3.97% from a year earlier.

North Queensland mainly exports coal through Hay Point, Dalrymple Bay and Abbot Point coal terminals.

In November, exports from Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminal, which has a handing capacity of 85 million tonnes per year, reached 5.38 million tonnes, up 17.6% year on year and 2.2% month on month. The combined volume from January to November rose 14.06% year on year to 54 million tonnes.

Exports from Abbot Point coal terminal were recorded at 3 million tonnes in November, falling 3.6% from the year-ago level and 7.53% from October.

Abbot Point is the most northerly and has the lowest handing capacity of 50 million tonnes per year among the three terminals. The total exports in January-November increased 10.26% on the year to 31.54 million tonnes.  

The export volume of Hay Point coal terminal, operated by BHP Mitsubishi Alliance, declined to 3.19 million tonnes in November, posting year-on-year decrease of 5.07%, but a month-on-month rebound of 48.38%. The combined volume from January to November was 36.02 million tonnes, down 12.07% on the year. Hay Point has a handing capacity of 55 million tonnes per year.

The vast majority of North Queensland's exports are coking coal.

(Writing by Rebecca Liu  Editing by Emma Yang)
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