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Australian steam coal prices firm up

24 Dec 2014

December 24: Spot prices of Australian steam coals firmed up further on December 23 amidst a lacklustre trend before the holidays even as a weakness was witnessed in select grades of Indonesian coal during the day, market sources said.

While Australian steam coal prices firmed up by $0.25 per ton, Indonesian 5,000 Kcal/kg and 3,800 Kcal/kg softened by $0.20 per ton each.

South African prices remained largely unchanged amidst low interest.

Following are the indicative prices of coal in various markets and indicative freight rates on December 23:

Description of Coal

Specification

Price/ton (in $ and FOB)

As on,

As on,

Week ago,

6-month ago,

Year ago,

December 23, 2014

December 22, 2014

December 16, 2014

June 24, 2014

December 24, 2013

South African Steam Coal

6000 Kcal/kg NAR

65.20

65.25

66.65

74.25

85.25

South African Steam Coal

5500 Kcal/kg NAR

56.10

56.20

57.30

64.70

68.75

Australian Steam Coal

6300 Kcal/kg GAR

65.75

65.50

63.45

69.70

87.75

Indonesian Steam Coal

5900 Kcal/kg GAR

59.60

59.80

59.80

66.50

70.40

Indonesian Steam Coal

5000 Kcal/kg GAR

48.10

48.30

48.40

54.00

57.80

Indonesian Steam Coal

4200 Kcal/kg GAR

35.40

35.50

35.80

37.10

38.30

Indonesian Steam Coal

3800 Kcal/kg GAR

28.80

28.60

28.75

31.10

32.25

Hard Coking Coal (Australian)

VM-20.7%, Ash-10.5%

111.00

110.75

113.00

111.00

136.50

Premium Low Vol

VM-21.5%, Ash-9.3%

109.75

109.75

111.50

110.00

134.50

Semi Soft

 

79.00

79.00

78.50

77.00

93.50

Met Coke (CFR India)

 

200.00

200.00

202.50

210.00

272.00

Freight rates:

Destination

(in $/ton)

As on

As on

Week ago,

6-month ago,

Year ago,

December 23, 2014

December 22, 2014

December 16, 2014

June 24, 2014

December 24, 2013

South Africa (RBCT) to India (West Coast)

12.50

12.50

12.65

13.25

17.50

South Africa (RBCT) to India (East Coast)

13.00

13.00

13.50

12.50

18.00

Indonesia (Kalimantan) to India (West Coast)

8.10

8.20

8.95

8.25

12.00

Indonesia (Kalimantan) to India (East Coast)

7.25

7.25

7.95

7.25

10.50

Australia to India

11.30

11.50

13.30

13.80

18.50

Source: Traders and ICMW database