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China has plenty of its own coal, but not the high-quality inputs it needs for steel manufacturing. That’s why China is the world’s largest importer of coal. Australia has what it needs, and we can’t feed it to China fast enough. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has stated that he is a big supporter of fossil fuel and minerals exports, “a trusted, stable supplier”. But Australia is different from all other countries because we are the world’s largest exporter of coal. The only other substantial exporters are Russia and Indonesia. The four biggest importers, in order of size, are China, India,...
