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18 Nov 2015
India Coal Market Watch
November 17: Spot price of standard South African steam coal firmed up on November 16 on reports of restricted availability on the back of comparatively higher enquiries, market sources said.
A similar trend was seen in select varieties of Indonesian coal, they said.
Following are the indicative prices of coal in various markets and indicative freight rates (Panamax vessels) on November 16:
|
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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November 16, 2015 |
November 13, 2015 |
November 9, 2015 |
May 17, 2015 |
November 17, 2014 |
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|
South African Steam Coal |
6000 Kcal/kg NAR |
56.00 |
54.80 |
- |
- |
65.90 |
|
South African Steam Coal |
5500 Kcal/kg NAR |
41.00 |
40.00 |
- |
- |
57.00 |
|
Australian Steam Coal |
6300 Kcal/kg GAR |
50.40 |
50.10 |
- |
- |
63.80 |
|
Indonesian Steam Coal |
5900 Kcal/kg GAR |
47.90 |
47.60 |
- |
- |
60.60 |
|
Indonesian Steam Coal |
5000 Kcal/kg GAR |
36.90 |
36.70 |
- |
- |
48.80 |
|
Indonesian Steam Coal |
4200 Kcal/kg GAR |
26.20 |
26.00 |
- |
- |
36.00 |
|
Indonesian Steam Coal |
3800 Kcal/kg GAR |
19.80 |
19.80 |
- |
- |
29.10 |
|
Hard Coking Coal (Australian) |
VM-20.7%, Ash-10.5% |
73.50 |
75.00 |
- |
- |
112.50 |
|
Premium Low Vol |
VM-21.5%, Ash-9.3% |
73.00 |
74.00 |
- |
- |
111.00 |
|
Semi Soft |
|
60.75 |
60.75 |
- |
- |
77.30 |
|
Met Coke (CFR India) |
|
128.00 |
128.00 |
- |
- |
197.00 |
Freight rates:
|
Destination |
(in $/ton) |
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|
As on |
As on |
Week ago, |
6-month ago, |
Year ago, |
|
|
November 16, 2015 |
November 13, 2015 |
November 9, 2015 |
May 17, 2015 |
November 17, 2014 |
|
|
South Africa (RBCT) to India (West Coast) |
6.60 |
6.80 |
- |
- |
15.10 |
|
South Africa (RBCT) to India (East Coast) |
6.70 |
6.90 |
- |
- |
15.60 |
|
Indonesia (Kalimantan) to India (West Coast) |
5.15 |
5.25 |
- |
- |
10.90 |
|
Indonesia (Kalimantan) to India (East Coast) |
4.10 |
4.40 |
- |
- |
9.30 |
|
Australia to India |
7.10 |
7.75 |
- |
- |
15.25 |
Source: Traders and ICMW database