Press Release
Kyushu Electric Power joins globalCOAL
LONDON AND SINGAPORE – 25 March 2015
globalCOAL® announced today that Kyushu Electric Power, one of Japan’s largest utility companies, has joined its online coal trading platform.
Established in 1951, Kyushu Electric Power Company generates, transmits and distributes electricity in the Kyushu area of Japan. Its facilities include thermal (coal, LNG and petroleum), hydro and nuclear power plants.
Etsuyo Tomita, Market Manager for Japan at globalCOAL, is delighted to welcome Kyushu Electric Power. ‘The Asian thermal coal market benefits hugely from diverse market participation on the globalCOAL platform. With this in mind, we are encouraged to see another Japanese utility join the globalCOAL trading community.’
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