Coal news and updates

Chinese coking coal futures soared 8% to hit their daily upper limit and an all-time high on Thursday, fueling a rally in coke prices too, as sluggish imports and production control at mines stoked supply concerns.

 

Mongolia reported most single-day COVID-19 cases on Sept. 1, indicating imports of coking coal from the country could remain cool this month, Galaxy Futures wrote in a note.

 

Some plants in the Shanxi province had raised coking coal prices, according to a Huatai Futures note, further widening backwardation between spot and futures markets.

 

The most-active coking coal futures on the Dalian Commodity Exchange, for January delivery, jumped 8% to 2,669 yuan ($412.99) per tonne.

 

Coke futures on the Dalian bourse also reached trading limit in morning session. They jumped 7.6% to 3,393 yuan a tonne as of 0330 GMT.

 

Benchmark iron ore futures inched up 0.3% to 781 yuan per tonne, recovering from plunge in previous session.

 

Spot prices of iron ore with 62% iron content for delivery to China , compiled by SteelHome consultancy, dropped $11 to $147.5 a tonne on Wednesday.

 

Steel prices on the Shanghai Futures Exchange were mixed.

 

Construction rebar rose 1.1% to 5,322 yuan a tonne.

 

Hot rolled coils, used in cars and home appliances, increased 0.8% to 5,567 yuan per tonne.

 

Stainless steel futures, for October delivery, dipped 0.6% to 17,825 yuan a tonne.

 

 

Source : https://financialpost.com/pmn/business-pmn/dalian-coking-coal-coal-futures-hit-record-highs-on-supply-woes