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South African coal prices firm up further

09 Oct 2014

October 9: Spot coal prices, particularly of South African and Australian origin, firmed up further on October 8 amidst rise in bids, market sources said.

Following are the indicative prices of coal in various markets and indicative freight rates on October 8:

Description of Coal

Specification

Price/ton (in $ and FOB)

As on,

As on,

Week ago,

6-month ago,

Year ago,

October 8, 2014

October 7, 2014

September 29, 2014

April 9, 2014

October 9, 2013

South African Steam Coal

6000 Kcal/kg NAR

66.80

66.00

66.50

75.75

77.25

South African Steam Coal

5500 Kcal/kg NAR

58.00

57.90

58.35

65.00

60.00

Australian Steam Coal

6300 Kcal/kg GAR

65.40

64.75

65.60

73.20

78.50

Indonesian Steam Coal

5900 Kcal/kg GAR

63.25

63.50

63.50

67.00

67.25

Indonesian Steam Coal

5000 Kcal/kg GAR

49.80

49.80

50.50

54.70

54.00

Indonesian Steam Coal

4200 Kcal/kg GAR

36.50

36.50

37.00

37.00

38.90

Indonesian Steam Coal

3800 Kcal/kg GAR

30.50

30.50

30.50

31.80

33.50

Hard Coking Coal (Australian)

VM-20.7%, Ash-10.5%

1,122.00

112.00

112.00

111.00

149.50

Premium Low Vol

VM-21.5%, Ash-9.3%

110.50

110.50

110.50

110.00

147.75

Semi Soft

 

77.80

76.75

77.00

81.80

96.00

Met Coke (CFR India)

 

192.50

192.50

190.00

204.00

266.00

Freight rates:

Destination

(in $/ton)

As on

As on

Week ago,

6-month ago,

Year ago,

October 8, 2014

October 7, 2014

September 29, 2014

April 9, 2014

October 9, 2013

South Africa (RBCT) to India (West Coast)

15.10

15.25

15.25

15.00

18.80

South Africa (RBCT) to India (East Coast)

15.90

15.90

15.75

15.50

19.40

Indonesia (Kalimantan) to India (West Coast)

10.60

10.60

11.20

9.50

14.00

Indonesia (Kalimantan) to India (East Coast)

9.25

9.10

9.60

8.40

12.45

Australia to India

15.60

15.60

15.50

17.00

21.20

Source: Traders & ICMW data base