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New UserMarginal improvement in S Africa coal prices
12 Jan 2015
January 12: The declining trend in South African coal prices was halted to some extent as a mild recovery was seen amidst expectations of revival in buying, market sources said.
Indications that miners are holding back production was reportedly behind the reversal in the softening trend, they said.
Following are the indicative prices of coal in various markets and indicative freight rates on January 9:
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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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January 9, 2015 |
January 8, 2015 |
January 2, 2015 |
July 10, 2014 |
January 10, 2014 |
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South African Steam Coal |
6000 Kcal/kg NAR |
61.90 |
61.60 |
63.50 |
72.00 |
83.25 |
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South African Steam Coal |
5500 Kcal/kg NAR |
53.50 |
53.20 |
54.20 |
64.10 |
67.55 |
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Australian Steam Coal |
6300 Kcal/kg GAR |
64.00 |
64.80 |
64.70 |
69.80 |
82.75 |
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Indonesian Steam Coal |
5900 Kcal/kg GAR |
59.00 |
59.00 |
59.50 |
65.50 |
70.75 |
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Indonesian Steam Coal |
5000 Kcal/kg GAR |
47.60 |
47.60 |
47.80 |
52.25 |
57.80 |
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Indonesian Steam Coal |
4200 Kcal/kg GAR |
34.80 |
34.80 |
35.40 |
37.00 |
38.05 |
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Indonesian Steam Coal |
3800 Kcal/kg GAR |
28.60 |
28.60 |
28.80 |
30.60 |
32.15 |
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Hard Coking Coal (Australian) |
VM-20.7%, Ash-10.5% |
109.00 |
109.75 |
111.50 |
112.00 |
132.75 |
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Premium Low Vol |
VM-21.5%, Ash-9.3% |
108.00 |
108.75 |
110.00 |
111.00 |
131.25 |
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Semi Soft |
81.00 |
81.00 |
81.00 |
75.25 |
93.25 |
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Met Coke (CFR India) |
193.00 |
196.00 |
198.00 |
206.00 |
272.00 |
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Freight rates:
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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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January 9, 2015 |
January 8, 2015 |
January 2, 2015 |
July 10, 2014 |
January 10, 2014 |
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South Africa (RBCT) to India (West Coast) |
11.10 |
11.20 |
12.00 |
13.75 |
15.80 |
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South Africa (RBCT) to India (East Coast) |
10.50 |
11.70 |
12.40 |
14.75 |
16.20 |
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Indonesia (Kalimantan) to India (West Coast) |
7.35 |
7.35 |
7.80 |
9.10 |
9.90 |
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Indonesia (Kalimantan) to India (East Coast) |
6.25 |
6.55 |
7.20 |
7.90 |
8.65 |
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Australia to India |
10.10 |
10.40 |
10.90 |
14.80 |
17.00 |
Source: Traders and ICMW database