Quote Originally Posted by OUTLAW 09 View Post
Supports the following fact....coal being purchased from an proRussian leaning oligarch.....was being priced at 300 USDs per metric ton....coal now say from South Africa was recently purchased at 85 USDs...per metric ton..

A very good savings...

Interestingly enough...China has now offered Ukraine assistance in modernizing their coal industry...this is the backdoor into the Ukrainian agriculture ie grain industry...
Sources for Akhmetov's prices? What of the shipping costs from South Africa, the U.S., etc.?