Decline continues unabated for S African coal
20 Feb 2015
February 20: Low demand pushed down South African coal prices on February 19 even as other origin coal remained largely unchanged, market sources said.
Following are the indicative prices of coal in various markets and indicative freight rates on February 19:
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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February 19, 2015 |
February 18, 2015 |
February 12, 2015 |
August 20, 2014 |
February 20, 2014 |
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South African Steam Coal |
6000 Kcal/kg NAR |
65.00 |
65.70 |
66.50 |
69.00 |
78.50 |
South African Steam Coal |
5500 Kcal/kg NAR |
54.50 |
55.00 |
55.20 |
62.25 |
63.90 |
Australian Steam Coal |
6300 Kcal/kg GAR |
61.60 |
61.60 |
61.75 |
68.25 |
77.15 |
Indonesian Steam Coal |
5900 Kcal/kg GAR |
58.40 |
58.40 |
58.50 |
63.75 |
70.10 |
Indonesian Steam Coal |
5000 Kcal/kg GAR |
47.40 |
47.40 |
47.00 |
50.00 |
56.60 |
Indonesian Steam Coal |
4200 Kcal/kg GAR |
34.40 |
34.40 |
34.40 |
36.50 |
38.20 |
Indonesian Steam Coal |
3800 Kcal/kg GAR |
27.40 |
27.40 |
27.60 |
30.00 |
31.70 |
Hard Coking Coal (Australian) |
VM-20.7%, Ash-10.5% |
104.00 |
104.00 |
104.00 |
112.00 |
124.20 |
Premium Low Vol |
VM-21.5%, Ash-9.3% |
103.00 |
103.00 |
103.00 |
111.00 |
123.00 |
Semi Soft |
79.70 |
79.70 |
79.50 |
74.00 |
87.00 |
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Met Coke (CFR India) |
182.50 |
182.50 |
187.00 |
188.00 |
256.00 |
Freight Rate
Destination |
(in $/ton) |
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As on |
As on |
Week ago, |
6-month ago, |
Year ago, |
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February 19, 2015 |
February 18, 2015 |
February 12, 2015 |
August 20, 2014 |
February 20, 2014 |
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South Africa (RBCT) to India (West Coast) |
9.30 |
9.30 |
8.90 |
17.40 |
16.50 |
South Africa (RBCT) to India (East Coast) |
9.00 |
9.00 |
8.50 |
17.90 |
16.85 |
Indonesia (Kalimantan) to India (West Coast) |
6.25 |
6.25 |
6.10 |
10.50 |
10.55 |
Indonesia (Kalimantan) to India (East Coast) |
4.75 |
4.75 |
4.60 |
9.40 |
9.60 |
Australia to India |
9.50 |
9.50 |
9.50 |
15.50 |
17.50 |
Source: Traders and ICMW Data Base