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    April 8, 2022

    CRU: EU to Ban Russian Coal Imports – What Are the Alternatives?

    Written by Dmitry Popov

    By CRU Senior Coal Analyst Dmitry Popov, and Senior Analyst Banmeet Khurmi, from CRU’s Steel Sheet Products Monitor, April 7

    Among the latest sanctions against Russia, the EU is planning to introduce a full import ban of Russian coal from August 2022. In this Insight, we look at the EU’s reliance on Russia for thermal and metallurgical coal and the ramifications of this ban on the mentioned markets.

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