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Rise in SA coal prices, Indonesia still subdued

10 Dec 2014

December 10: A small rise was witnessed in South African coal prices on December 9 after a weak trend a day before on some improvement in enquiries, but Indonesian coal prices remained depressed on sufficient availability and low enquiries, market sources said.

Following are the indicative prices of coal in various markets and indicative freight rates on December 9:

Description of Coal

Specification

Price/ton (in $ and FOB)

As on,

As on,

Week ago,

6-month ago,

Year ago,

December 9, 2014

December 8, 2014

December 2, 2014

June 10, 2014

December 10, 2013

South African Steam Coal

6000 Kcal/kg NAR

66.10

65.75

66.00

74.50

84.80

South African Steam Coal

5500 Kcal/kg NAR

56.90

56.10

56.50

66.25

68.25

Australian Steam Coal

6300 Kcal/kg GAR

62.20

61.80

62.25

71.75

84.40

Indonesian Steam Coal

5900 Kcal/kg GAR

60.10

60.25

60.10

67.00

68.90

Indonesian Steam Coal

5000 Kcal/kg GAR

48.40

48.50

48.70

55.50

56.50

Indonesian Steam Coal

4200 Kcal/kg GAR

35.65

35.75

36.00

37.50

38.75

Indonesian Steam Coal

3800 Kcal/kg GAR

28.75

28.75

29.00

31.25

32.80

Hard Coking Coal (Australian)

VM-20.7%, Ash-10.5%

113.00

112.50

112.00

114.00

134.50

Premium Low Vol

VM-21.5%, Ash-9.3%

111.50

111.00

110.75

112.50

133.00

Semi Soft

 

78.50

78.50

77.90

77.80

91.75

Met Coke (CFR India)

 

200.00

200.00

198.00

214.00

272.00

Freight rates:

Destination

(in $/ton)

As on

As on

Week ago,

6-month ago,

Year ago,

December 9, 2014

December 8, 2014

December 2, 2014

June 10, 2014

December 10, 2013

South Africa (RBCT) to India (West Coast)

13.25

13.75

14.25

14.00

17.75

South Africa (RBCT) to India (East Coast)

14.00

14.50

15.10

13.80

18.25

Indonesia (Kalimantan) to India (West Coast)

9.25

9.75

10.30

9.10

12.80

Indonesia (Kalimantan) to India (East Coast)

8.25

8.50

8.80

8.00

11.20

Australia to India

13.60

14.25

15.00

14.80

19.00

Source: Traders and ICMW database