Australian steam coal prices firm up, others unchanged
15 Dec 2014
December 15: The spot prices of Australian coal firmed up a bit on December 12, but others remained largely unchanged as there was not much change in demand-supply situation, market sources said.
The price of Australian 6300 Kcal GAR coal moved up by $0.60 per ton during the day largely on higher offer prices even as counter bids were not forthcoming, they said.
Following are the indicative prices of coal in various markets and indicative freight rates on December 12:
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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December 12, 2014 |
December 11, 2014 |
December 5, 2014 |
June 13, 2014 |
December 13, 2013 |
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South African Steam Coal |
6000 Kcal/kg NAR |
66.80 |
66.80 |
66.10 |
73.75 |
86.10 |
South African Steam Coal |
5500 Kcal/kg NAR |
57.50 |
57.65 |
56.60 |
66.25 |
68.50 |
Australian Steam Coal |
6300 Kcal/kg GAR |
63.50 |
62.90 |
61.60 |
72.00 |
84.60 |
Indonesian Steam Coal |
5900 Kcal/kg GAR |
59.90 |
60.10 |
60.25 |
66.75 |
69.75 |
Indonesian Steam Coal |
5000 Kcal/kg GAR |
48.40 |
48.40 |
48.30 |
55.20 |
57.25 |
Indonesian Steam Coal |
4200 Kcal/kg GAR |
35.80 |
35.80 |
36.00 |
37.00 |
38.60 |
Indonesian Steam Coal |
3800 Kcal/kg GAR |
28.75 |
28.75 |
29.00 |
31.25 |
32.80 |
Hard Coking Coal (Australian) |
VM-20.7%, Ash-10.5% |
113.00 |
113.00 |
112.00 |
113.10 |
136.00 |
Premium Low Vol |
VM-21.5%, Ash-9.3% |
111.50 |
111.50 |
110.75 |
112.00 |
134.00 |
Semi Soft |
78.50 |
78.50 |
78.30 |
77.80 |
92.00 |
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Met Coke (CFR India) |
202.50 |
202.50 |
200.00 |
214.00 |
272.00 |
Freight rates:
Destination |
(in $/ton) |
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As on |
As on |
Week ago, |
6-month ago, |
Year ago, |
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December 12, 2014 |
December 11, 2014 |
December 5, 2014 |
June 13, 2014 |
December 13, 2013 |
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South Africa (RBCT) to India (West Coast) |
12.75 |
13.00 |
14.25 |
13.80 |
18.00 |
South Africa (RBCT) to India (East Coast) |
13.60 |
13.80 |
15.00 |
13.00 |
18.40 |
Indonesia (Kalimantan) to India (West Coast) |
9.00 |
9.20 |
10.00 |
8.80 |
13.00 |
Indonesia (Kalimantan) to India (East Coast) |
8.00 |
8.20 |
8.75 |
7.80 |
11.40 |
Australia to India |
13.30 |
13.40 |
14.70 |
14.20 |
19.00 |
Source: Traders and ICMW database