BEIJING, Oct 24 (Bloomberg): Indonesia is now overwhelmingly China's biggest overseas supplier of coal, with shipments hitting a record last month after Beijing loosened curbs on imports to tackle its power crisis.
Cargoes of coking, thermal and brown coal from the South-east Asian nation surpassed 21 million tonnes in September, from just over 17 million tonnes in August, and now account for about two-thirds of China's total imports, according to Customs data.
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