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Australian steam coal prices fall, others stay unchanged

11 Nov 2013

November 11: Spot coal prices in international markets remained largely unchanged, but Australian steam coal prices corrected downward after maintaining a firm trend over the past couple of days, industry sources said.

“Lack of major enquiries has tapered down the price movement,” they added.

Following are the indicative prices of coal in various markets and indicative freight rates on November 8:

Description of Coal

Specification

Price/ton (in $ and FOB) as on Nov 08, 2013

Price/ton (in $ and FOB) as on Nov 07, 2013

Week Ago Price/ton (in $ and FOB) Nov 01, 2013

6-month ago Price/ton (in $ and FOB) May 09, 2013

Year Ago Price/ton (in $ and FOB) Nov 09, 2012

South African Steam Coal

6000 Kcal/kg NAR

82.00

82.00

83.00

81.80

81.25

South African Steam Coal

5500 Kcal/kg NAR

66.00

66.00

64.25

NA

NA

Australian Steam Coal

6300 Kcal/kg GAR

82.00

83.50

83.60

88.25

81.00

Indonesian Steam Coal

5900 Kcal/kg GAR

67.00

67.00

66.50

72.00

69.40

Indonesian Steam Coal

5000 Kcal/kg GAR

54.20

54.20

53.90

60.60

54.70

Indonesian Steam Coal

4200 Kcal/kg GAR

38.50

38.50

38.50

42.75

37.70

Indonesian Steam Coal

3800 Kcal/kg GAR

32.70

32.70

32.75

36.80

33.00

Hard Coking Coal (Australian)

VM-20.7%, Ash-10.5%

146.00

146.00

147.00

145.00

161.00

Premium Low Vol

VM-21.5%, Ash-9.3%

144.00

144.50

145.00

144.00

161.00

Semi Soft

 

96.00

95.50

97.00

102.00

109.50

Met Coke (CFR India)

 

274.00

274.00

272.00

273.00

307.00

Freight Rate:

Destination

As on Nov 08, 2013 (in $/ton)

As on Nov 07, 2013 (in $/ton)

Week Ago Nov 01, 2013 (in $/ton)

6-month Ago May 09, 2013 (in $/ton)

Year Ago Nov 09, 2012 (in $/ton)

South Africa (RBCT) to India (West Coast)

16.50

16.50

16.75

14.60

12.80

South Africa (RBCT) to India (East Coast)

17.00

17.00

17.25

15.10

14.00

Indonesia (Kalimantan) to India (West Coast)

11.75

11.75

12.00

9.10

9.90

Indonesia (Kalimantan) to India (East Coast)

10.30

10.30

10.50

7.80

8.60

Australia to India

18.00

18.00

17.00

16.50

NA

Source: ICMW (Traders)