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SA coal prices inch up, but Australia witness sharp decline

27 Jan 2015

January 27: The spot prices of South African steam coal, which had been falling consistently over the past few weeks, rose marginally on January 26 even as a reversal of trend was witnessed for Australian steam coal prices, market sources said.

The price of Australian steam coal (6300 Kcal/kg GAR) slipped by $2.55 per ton after the reports that the contract price with Japanese utilities may slip to around $70 per ton in 2015-16 from a high of around $77 per ton in the previous year.

Select category of Indonesian coal- 5000 Kcal/kg GAR -also softened during the day whereas other categories remained largely unchanged with downward bias, they added

Following are the indicative prices of coal in various markets and indicative freight rates on January 26:

Description of Coal

Specification

Price/ton (in $ and FOB)

As on,

As on,

Week ago,

6-month ago,

Year ago,

January 26, 2015

January 23, 2015

January 19, 2015

July 27, 2014

January 27, 2014

South African Steam Coal

6000 Kcal/kg NAR

61.75

-

60.40

-

82.60

South African Steam Coal

5500 Kcal/kg NAR

53.40

-

52.50

-

65.70

Australian Steam Coal

6300 Kcal/kg GAR

65.25

-

67.70

-

81.15

Indonesian Steam Coal

5900 Kcal/kg GAR

58.50

-

58.50

-

69.75

Indonesian Steam Coal

5000 Kcal/kg GAR

46.70

-

47.20

-

56.60

Indonesian Steam Coal

4200 Kcal/kg GAR

34.60

-

34.80

-

38.00

Indonesian Steam Coal

3800 Kcal/kg GAR

28.50

-

28.60

-

31.75

Hard Coking Coal (Australian)

VM-20.7%, Ash-10.5%

107.00

-

107.50

-

127.00

Premium Low Vol

VM-21.5%, Ash-9.3%

107.00

-

106.50

-

125.00

Semi Soft

 

79.00

-

79.00

-

87.00

Met Coke (CFR India)

 

193.00

-

193.00

-

265.00

Freight Rate:

Destination

(in $/ton)

As on

As on

Week ago,

6-month ago,

Year ago,

January 26, 2015

January 23, 2015

January 19, 2015

July 27, 2014

January 27, 2014

South Africa (RBCT) to India (West Coast)

9.60

-

9.75

-

15.90

South Africa (RBCT) to India (East Coast)

9.20

-

9.40

-

16.25

Indonesia (Kalimantan) to India (West Coast)

6.50

-

7.25

-

9.25

Indonesia (Kalimantan) to India (East Coast)

5.10

-

5.80

-

8.25

Australia to India

8.80

-

9.80

-

16.50

Sources: Traders and ICMW database