DALIAN -- Customs authorities at a major Chinese port have banned coal imports from Australia indefinitely, adding more tension to a relationship already strained by Canberra's decision to block Huawei Technologies and ZTE from its 5G mobile network.
Officials at the northern port of Dalian slapped the ban on Australian coal at the start of this month and intend to limit coal imports from all sources to 12 million tons through the end of this year, a representative of Dalian Port Group confirmed Thursday. The ban, first reported by Reuters, applies to five ports overseen by the Dalian authorities: their own, Bayuquan, Panjin, Dandong and Beiliang.
