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Decline continues unabated for S African coal

20 Feb 2015

February 20: Low demand pushed down South African coal prices on February 19 even as other origin coal remained largely unchanged, market sources said.

Following are the indicative prices of coal in various markets and indicative freight rates on February 19:

Description of Coal

Specification

Price/ton (in $ and FOB)

As on,

As on,

Week ago,

6-month ago,

Year ago,

February 19, 2015

February 18, 2015

February 12, 2015

August 20, 2014

February 20, 2014

South African Steam Coal

6000 Kcal/kg NAR

65.00

65.70

66.50

69.00

78.50

South African Steam Coal

5500 Kcal/kg NAR

54.50

55.00

55.20

62.25

63.90

Australian Steam Coal

6300 Kcal/kg GAR

61.60

61.60

61.75

68.25

77.15

Indonesian Steam Coal

5900 Kcal/kg GAR

58.40

58.40

58.50

63.75

70.10

Indonesian Steam Coal

5000 Kcal/kg GAR

47.40

47.40

47.00

50.00

56.60

Indonesian Steam Coal

4200 Kcal/kg GAR

34.40

34.40

34.40

36.50

38.20

Indonesian Steam Coal

3800 Kcal/kg GAR

27.40

27.40

27.60

30.00

31.70

Hard Coking Coal (Australian)

VM-20.7%, Ash-10.5%

104.00

104.00

104.00

112.00

124.20

Premium Low Vol

VM-21.5%, Ash-9.3%

103.00

103.00

103.00

111.00

123.00

Semi Soft

 

79.70

79.70

79.50

74.00

87.00

Met Coke (CFR India)

 

182.50

182.50

187.00

188.00

256.00

Freight Rate     

Destination

(in $/ton)

As on

As on

Week ago,

6-month ago,

Year ago,

February 19, 2015

February 18, 2015

February 12, 2015

August 20, 2014

February 20, 2014

South Africa (RBCT) to India (West Coast)

9.30

9.30

8.90

17.40

16.50

South Africa (RBCT) to India (East Coast)

9.00

9.00

8.50

17.90

16.85

Indonesia (Kalimantan) to India (West Coast)

6.25

6.25

6.10

10.50

10.55

Indonesia (Kalimantan) to India (East Coast)

4.75

4.75

4.60

9.40

9.60

Australia to India

9.50

9.50

9.50

15.50

17.50

Source: Traders and ICMW Data Base