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Slight weakness seen in S African coal prices

04 Feb 2015

February 4: Spot prices of South African coal weakened a bit on February 3 on lack of demand, while others remained largely stable, market sources said.

Following are the indicative prices of coal in various markets and indicative freight rates on February 3:

Description of Coal

Specification

Price/ton (in $ and FOB)

As on,

As on,

Week ago,

6-month ago,

Year ago,

February 3, 2015

February 2, 2015

January 27, 2015

August 4, 2014

February 4, 2014

South African Steam Coal

6000 Kcal/kg NAR

61.80

62.60

61.90

70.50

81.50

South African Steam Coal

5500 Kcal/kg NAR

53.80

54.00

53.60

61.80

65.00

Australian Steam Coal

6300 Kcal/kg GAR

63.00

63.50

65.00

67.60

77.00

Indonesian Steam Coal

5900 Kcal/kg GAR

58.50

58.50

58.50

64.40

70.25

Indonesian Steam Coal

5000 Kcal/kg GAR

46.70

46.80

46.60

49.80

56.60

Indonesian Steam Coal

4200 Kcal/kg GAR

34.80

34.80

34.60

36.50

38.20

Indonesian Steam Coal

3800 Kcal/kg GAR

28.05

28.05

28.40

30.00

31.60

Hard Coking Coal (Australian)

VM-20.7%, Ash-10.5%

107.00

107.00

107.00

113.00

127.00

Premium Low Vol

VM-21.5%, Ash-9.3%

106.00

106.00

106.00

111.50

125.50

Semi Soft

 

80.00

80.00

79.50

73.00

88.75

Met Coke (CFR India)

 

190.00

190.00

193.00

190.00

260.00

Freight rates:

Destination

(in $/ton)

As on

As on

Week ago,

6-month ago,

Year ago,

February 3, 2015

February 2, 2015

January 27, 2015

August 4, 2014

February 4, 2014

South Africa (RBCT) to India (West Coast)

9.25

9.30

9.60

16.25

15.75

South Africa (RBCT) to India (East Coast)

8..90

8.90

9.20

16.50

16.00

Indonesia (Kalimantan) to India (West Coast)

6.50

6.50

6.40

9.70

9.00

Indonesia (Kalimantan) to India (East Coast)

5.10

5.10

5.00

8.40

8.00

Australia to India

8.80

8.80

8.80

13.75

16.00

Source: Traders and ICMW database