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19 Sep 2014
September 19: The spot coal prices continued to firm up in international markets on September 18 amidst better enquiries, particularly from India, even as reports suggest that stocking by China for winter season is yet to commence, market sources said.
Following are the indicative prices of coal in various markets and indicative freight rates on September 18:
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Description of Coal |
Specification |
Price/ton (in $ and FOB) |
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As on, |
As on, |
Week ago, |
6-month ago, |
Year ago, |
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September 18, 2014 |
September 17, 2014 |
September 11, 2014 |
March 19, 2014 |
September 19, 2013 |
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South African Steam Coal |
6000 Kcal/kg NAR |
68.00 |
67.60 |
67.75 |
75.80 |
72.75 |
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South African Steam Coal |
5500 Kcal/kg NAR |
60.00 |
60.00 |
60.00 |
65.00 |
62.30 |
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Australian Steam Coal |
6300 Kcal/kg GAR |
66.40 |
65.80 |
66.00 |
73.00 |
77.30 |
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Indonesian Steam Coal |
5900 Kcal/kg GAR |
63.00 |
63.00 |
62.50 |
69.00 |
68.30 |
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Indonesian Steam Coal |
5000 Kcal/kg GAR |
49.80 |
50.00 |
50.50 |
55.25 |
55.80 |
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Indonesian Steam Coal |
4200 Kcal/kg GAR |
36.75 |
36.70 |
36.50 |
37.10 |
39.40 |
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Indonesian Steam Coal |
3800 Kcal/kg GAR |
30.25 |
30.50 |
30.20 |
32.00 |
33.70 |
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Hard Coking Coal (Australian) |
VM-20.7%, Ash-10.5% |
112.00 |
112.00 |
109.00 |
107.00 |
154.50 |
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Premium Low Vol |
VM-21.5%, Ash-9.3% |
110.50 |
111.00 |
108.00 |
106.00 |
152.50 |
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Semi Soft |
77.00 |
76.00 |
76.00 |
77.00 |
98.50 |
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Met Coke (CFR India) |
190.00 |
190.00 |
192.00 |
236.00 |
270.00 |
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Destination |
(in $/ton) |
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As on |
As on |
Week ago, |
6-month ago, |
Year ago, |
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September 18, 2014 |
September 17, 2014 |
September 11, 2014 |
March 19, 2014 |
September 19, 2013 |
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South Africa (RBCT) to India (West Coast) |
18.00 |
18.00 |
18.50 |
17.10 |
16.50 |
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South Africa (RBCT) to India (East Coast) |
19.00 |
19.00 |
19.25 |
17.60 |
17.25 |
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Indonesia (Kalimantan) to India (West Coast) |
11.40 |
11.90 |
12.60 |
11.25 |
12.20 |
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Indonesia (Kalimantan) to India (East Coast) |
9.60 |
10.10 |
11.40 |
10.00 |
10.75 |
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Australia to India |
15.80 |
16.00 |
16.00 |
18.25 |
18.50 |
Source: Traders & ICMW data base