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Coal prices largely unchanged

01 Jan 2014

January 01: The spot coal prices remained largely unchanged in the absence of buyers and sellers on December 31, industry sources said.

Following are the indicative prices of coal in various markets and indicative freight rates on December 31:

Description of Coal

Specification

Price/ton (in $ and FOB) as on Dec 31, 2013

Price/ton (in $ and FOB) as on Dec 30, 2013

Week Ago Price/ton (in $ and FOB) Dec 24, 2013

6-month ago Price/ton (in $ and FOB) Jul 01, 2013

Year Ago Price/ton (in $ and FOB) Jan 01, 2013

South African Steam Coal

6000 Kcal/kg NAR

85.00

85.00

85.25

73.10

88.80

South African Steam Coal

 5500 Kcal/kg NAR

68.60

68.60

68.75

67.50

NA

Australian Steam Coal

6300 Kcal/kg GAR

85.75

86.00

87.75

79.00

93.80

Indonesian Steam Coal

5900 Kcal/kg GAR

70.25

70.30

     70.40

71.75

71.50

Indonesian Steam Coal

5000 Kcal/kg GAR

57.70

57.70

57.80

60.25

56.20

Indonesian Steam Coal

4200 Kcal/kg GAR

38.25

38.25

     38.30

43.40

38.50

Indonesian Steam Coal

3800 Kcal/kg GAR

32.20

32.20

32.25

36.90

33.40

Hard Coking Coal (Australian)

VM-20.7%, Ash-10.5%

133.00

133.00

136.50

131.00

160.20

Premium Low Vol

VM-21.5%, Ash-9.3%

131.50

131.50

134.50

129.50

159.70

Semi Soft

 

  92.00

  92.00

93.50

93.00

117.00

Met Coke (CFR India)

 

272.00

272.00

272.00

255.00

291.00

Freight Rate:

Destination

As on Dec 31, 2013 (in $/ton)

As on Dec 27, 2013 (in $/ton)

Week Ago Dec 24, 2013 (in $/ton)

6-month Ago Jul 01, 2013 (in $/ton)

Year Ago Jan 01, 2013 (in $/ton)

South Africa (RBCT) to India (West Coast)

17.40

17.40

17.50

15.00

13.40

South Africa (RBCT) to India (East Coast)

17.70

17.70

18.00

15.30

14.30

Indonesia (Kalimantan) to India (West Coast)

11.80

11.80

12.00

10.00

9.00

Indonesia (Kalimantan) to India (East Coast)

10.30

10.30

10.50

 8.50

7.90

Australia to India

19.00

19.00

18.50

15.00

NA

Source: ICMW (Traders)