MAZDA SIGNS AUSTRALIAN COAL IMPORT AGREEMENT
Mazda Motor Corp <MAZT.T> has signed an
agreement to import coal from <Coalex Pty Ltd> of Australia
through Sumitomo Corp <SUMT.T>, a Mazda spokesman said.
    Under the agreement, Mazda will annually import 144,000
tonnes of Australian coal worth about nine billion yen. The
coal will be used as fuel for Mazda's energy centre, due to
start operations in November at its main plant in Hiroshima in
western Japan, he said.
    He declined to specify the term of the contract, but added
that such contracts are usually for long periods.
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