China unlikely to be big African coal investor

摘要

CHINA's involvement in Africa's coal industry was likely to remain predominantly trade rather than investment related, Frontier Advisory research and strategy head Hannah Edinger said last week. She told delegates at the Coaltrans Southern Africa conference, in Johannesburg, that there was significant potential for greater Chinese involvement in coal-fired power plants in Africa, but that the Asian giant currently did not view coal as a key strategic mineral.