Government calms concerns over reported China coal limits

The Federal Government has moved to calm concerns of a rift with China after reports of a ban on Australian coal imports at a key port in the country's north. News that Beijing is partially restricting its intake of Australia's biggest export in the port of Dailan sent the dollar tumbling and fuelled speculation the move is politically motivated.

A bucket grab unloads coal on a quay at the Port of Rizhao in Rizhao city, east China's Shandong province, 3 February 2014. Source: Imaginechina