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New UserSlight weakness seen in S African coal prices
04 Feb 2015
February 4: Spot prices of South African coal weakened a bit on February 3 on lack of demand, while others remained largely stable, market sources said.
Following are the indicative prices of coal in various markets and indicative freight rates on February 3:
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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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February 3, 2015 |
February 2, 2015 |
January 27, 2015 |
August 4, 2014 |
February 4, 2014 |
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South African Steam Coal |
6000 Kcal/kg NAR |
61.80 |
62.60 |
61.90 |
70.50 |
81.50 |
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South African Steam Coal |
5500 Kcal/kg NAR |
53.80 |
54.00 |
53.60 |
61.80 |
65.00 |
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Australian Steam Coal |
6300 Kcal/kg GAR |
63.00 |
63.50 |
65.00 |
67.60 |
77.00 |
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Indonesian Steam Coal |
5900 Kcal/kg GAR |
58.50 |
58.50 |
58.50 |
64.40 |
70.25 |
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Indonesian Steam Coal |
5000 Kcal/kg GAR |
46.70 |
46.80 |
46.60 |
49.80 |
56.60 |
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Indonesian Steam Coal |
4200 Kcal/kg GAR |
34.80 |
34.80 |
34.60 |
36.50 |
38.20 |
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Indonesian Steam Coal |
3800 Kcal/kg GAR |
28.05 |
28.05 |
28.40 |
30.00 |
31.60 |
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Hard Coking Coal (Australian) |
VM-20.7%, Ash-10.5% |
107.00 |
107.00 |
107.00 |
113.00 |
127.00 |
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Premium Low Vol |
VM-21.5%, Ash-9.3% |
106.00 |
106.00 |
106.00 |
111.50 |
125.50 |
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Semi Soft |
80.00 |
80.00 |
79.50 |
73.00 |
88.75 |
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Met Coke (CFR India) |
190.00 |
190.00 |
193.00 |
190.00 |
260.00 |
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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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February 3, 2015 |
February 2, 2015 |
January 27, 2015 |
August 4, 2014 |
February 4, 2014 |
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South Africa (RBCT) to India (West Coast) |
9.25 |
9.30 |
9.60 |
16.25 |
15.75 |
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South Africa (RBCT) to India (East Coast) |
8..90 |
8.90 |
9.20 |
16.50 |
16.00 |
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Indonesia (Kalimantan) to India (West Coast) |
6.50 |
6.50 |
6.40 |
9.70 |
9.00 |
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Indonesia (Kalimantan) to India (East Coast) |
5.10 |
5.10 |
5.00 |
8.40 |
8.00 |
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Australia to India |
8.80 |
8.80 |
8.80 |
13.75 |
16.00 |
Source: Traders and ICMW database