MISTAH COAL , HE NOT DEAD

Until Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Tanzania's sleepy port of Mtwara dealt mainly in cashews and peanuts. Now it bustles like a latter-day Newcastle, with vessels loading coal. 

REUTERS / EnergyNow Media  REPORTS ON BLACK GOLD IN THE HEART OF DARKNESS: 

Once upon a time all gas was coal gas

     Coal rush!              Energy crisis fires global   hunt for polluting fuel 

• Tanzania expects thermal coal exports to double this year
• Landlocked Botswana exports to Europe as prices surge

DAR ES SALAAM, Sept 20 

Since the end of June, 57 cargo orders – requests for available vessels – to ship Tanzanian coal have been seen on the spot freight market compared with just two in the same period last year

Global seaborne thermal coal imports reached 97.8 million tonnes in July, the highest level on record