** Shares of Australian coal miners drop as escalating U.S.-China trade war looms
** Coal prices in China, major coal consumer, falls ahead of 104% U.S. tariffs on its goods
** Whitehaven Coal WHC.AX drops as much as 4.4%
** Coronado Global Resources CRN.AX drops as much as 8.7% to record low of A$0.238
** The stocks have fallen 1.7% and 5.8% YTD, respectively
(Reporting by Nichiket Sunil in Bengaluru)
((nichiket.sunil@thomsonreuters.com))
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