Coal exports – Summaries of news and views OnVenezuela https://onvenezuela.com Wed, 14 Oct 2020 14:05:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://onvenezuela.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/cropped-Screen-Shot-2019-12-20-at-12.31.03-PM-1-32x32.png Coal exports – Summaries of news and views OnVenezuela https://onvenezuela.com 32 32 Venezuela: Venezuelan coal exports rise as U.S. escalates oil sanctions https://onvenezuela.com/venezuela-venezuelan-coal-exports-rise-as-u-s-escalates-oil-sanctions/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=venezuela-venezuelan-coal-exports-rise-as-u-s-escalates-oil-sanctions Wed, 14 Oct 2020 14:05:33 +0000 https://onvenezuela.com/?p=6042

Venezuela is ramping up its production and export of coal to European nations, according to export figures and vessel tracking data, as it seeks new sources of foreign currency amid tightening U.S. sanctions aimed at topping President Nicolas Maduro. Venezuela’s coal exports tripled to 310,000 tonnes last year, generating nearly $40 million, after Washington imposed sanctions in January 2019 on state oil company Petroleos de Venezuela (PDVSA), according to figures from the U.N. trade database Comtrade. By Luc Cohen. Full Text -> Reuters

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