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SA, Australian coal prices move up further

16 Sep 2013

September 16: South African and Australian steam coal prices inched up further on September 13 amidst indications of increased enquiries, but Indonesian prices remained flat on continued lack of demand from Indian companies, industry sources said.

“Indian companies are still not in the market in a big way,” they said.

South African coal price inched up by $0.25 per ton on September 13, recording a total gain of $1.10 during between September 10 and 13.

Following are the indicative prices of coal in various markets and indicative freight rates on September 13:

Description of Coal

Specification

Price/ton (in $ and FOB) as on Sep 13, 2013

Price/ton (in $ and FOB) as on Sep 12, 2013

Week Ago Price/ton (in $ and FOB) Sep 06, 2013

6-month ago Price/ton (in $ and FOB) Mar 14, 2013

Year Ago Price/ton (in $ and FOB) Sep 14, 2012

South African Steam Coal

6000 Kcal/kg NAR

71.50

71.25

71.00

83.40

84.00

South African Steam Coal

5500 Kcal/kg NAR

62.80

62.50

62.25

NA

NA

Australian Steam Coal

6300 Kcal/kg GAR

76.80

76.25

74.75

91.75

87.50

Indonesian Steam Coal

5900 Kcal/kg GAR

68.40

68.40

68.60

76.30

71.40

Indonesian Steam Coal

5000 Kcal/kg GAR

56.25

56.25

56.50

60.80

56.20

Indonesian Steam Coal

4200 Kcal/kg GAR

39.65

39.75

40.00

41.90

39.50

Indonesian Steam Coal

3800 Kcal/kg GAR

33.80

33.80

34.20

35.40

33.50

Hard Coking Coal (Australian)

VM-20.7%, Ash-10.5%

153.00

153.00

152.50

162.00

140.00

Premium Low Vol

VM-21.5%, Ash-9.3%

151.00

151.00

150.50

162.50

140.50

Semi Soft

 

98.00

98.00

99.00

115.00

 97.00

Met Coke (CFR India)

 

268.00

265.00

260.00

298.00

325.00


Freight Rate:


Destination

As on Sep 13, 2013 (in $/ton)

As on Sep 12, 2013 (in $/ton)

Week Ago Sep 06, 2013 (in $/ton)

6-month Ago Mar 14, 2013 (in $/ton)

Year Ago Sep 14, 2012 (in $/ton)

South Africa (RBCT) to India (West Coast)

16.00

15.70

15.00

15.90

13.00

South Africa (RBCT) to India (East Coast)

16.50

16.25

15.50

16.90

14.30

Indonesia (Kalimantan) to India (West Coast)

11.50

 11.25

10.50

 10.80

8.20

Indonesia (Kalimantan) to India (East Coast)

 10.25

 10.00

9.25

  9.70

7.50

Australia to India

18.50

18.00

17.00

16.50

NA


Source: ICMW (Traders)