JOHANNESBURG: South Africa exported 70.2 million tonnes of coal from the Richards Bay Coal Terminal in 2013, up from 68.3 million tonnes the previous year, data showed on Tuesday.

Exports in December were 6.8 million tonnes, compared to 6.2 million tonnes the previous month.

Africa's biggest economy - a major exporter of coal to power stations in Europe and Asia - had 3.1 million tonnes of coal stocks at the terminal at the end of December, RBCT said.