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South African coal prices show further easing

27 Feb 2015

February 27: South African coal prices eased marginally on February 26 in the absence of fresh commitments from Chinese and Indian buyers, market sources said.

Although the Lunar New Year celebrations are over, the Chinese buyers remained conspicuous by their absence. Also, Indian buying was low amid high coal stocks at the plant level.

Following are the indicative prices of coal in various markets and indicative freight rates on February 26:

Description of Coal

Specification

Price/ton (in $ and FOB)

As on,

As on,

Week ago,

6-month ago,

Year ago,

February 26, 2015

February 25, 2015

February 19, 2015

August 30, 2014

February 26, 2014

South African Steam Coal

6000 Kcal/kg NAR

64.00

64.10

65.00

-

74.75

South African Steam Coal

5500 Kcal/kg NAR

55.40

55.50

54.50

-

62.75

Australian Steam Coal

6300 Kcal/kg GAR

61.60

61.60

61.60

-

77.25

Indonesian Steam Coal

5900 Kcal/kg GAR

59.10

58.90

58.40

-

69.80

Indonesian Steam Coal

5000 Kcal/kg GAR

47.80

47.80

47.40

-

56.40

Indonesian Steam Coal

4200 Kcal/kg GAR

34.35

34.40

34.40

-

38.25

Indonesian Steam Coal

3800 Kcal/kg GAR

27.35

27.40

27.40

-

32.00

Hard Coking Coal (Australian)

VM-20.7%, Ash-10.5%

104.00

104.00

104.00

-

121.50

Premium Low Vol

VM-21.5%, Ash-9.3%

103.00

103.00

103.00

-

120.00

Semi Soft

 

79.60

79.70

79.70

-

84.00

Met Coke (CFR India)

 

185.00

185.00

182.50

-

250.00

Freight rates:

Destination

(in $/ton)

As on

As on

Week ago,

6-month ago,

Year ago,

February 26, 2015

February 25, 2015

February 19, 2015

August 30, 2014

February 26, 2014

South Africa (RBCT) to India (West Coast)

9.65

9.55

9.30

-

16.70

South Africa (RBCT) to India (East Coast)

9.25

9.15

9.00

-

17.25

Indonesia (Kalimantan) to India (West Coast)

6.40

6.30

6.25

-

11.00

Indonesia (Kalimantan) to India (East Coast)

5.00

4.90

4.75

-

9.80

Australia to India

10.00

10.10

9.50

-

17.75

Source: traders and ICMW database