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FOB Indonesia Coal swaps further slide to US$ 40.62 pmt; decline 5.34% m-o-m

Indonesian coal swap for delivery 4Q 2015 declined month on month and slightly dropped week over week.

The 4Q swap was declined $ 2.18 (-5.05%) per ton to US$ 40.62 month over month according to AsiaClear OTC coal swap's reports released on 28 August 2015, last Friday.

FOB Indonesia coal swap
According to this past week’s SGX data, Sub-bit FOB Indonesia coal swap (average) 1Q swap was also diminished $ 2.30 (5.34%) per MT month on month and US$ 0.20 per mt week on week on 28 August 2015.

The SGX's data further shows that, FOB Indonesia coal swap for 2Q 2016 delivery lost US$ 2.30 (-5.34%) per MT month on month and closed at US$ 40.80 per MT.

Sub-bit FOB Indonesia coal swap, as per SGX's data, particularly Q4’15, 1Q and 2Q '2016 deliveries declined month over month and week on week.

SGX Asia Clear OTC Sub-Bit Indonesia coal 4Q 2015 delivery swap closed US$ 0.18 (0.44%) lower compared to average 2Q’16 delivery price of US$ 40.80 on 28 August 2015.

The sub-bit Indonesia's coal swaps for 4Q 2015 lost just average $ 0.03  within a week and 1Q and 2Q 2016 declined by US$ 0.20 week over week.

A lower demand for coal in the steel and energy sectors, together with increased supplies, and the subsequent huge surplus of coal on the market pushed coal prices down since 2013. According to a coal miner, the current price level is almost closer to their production cost. A further decline in coal prices would make it harder for them to operate a mine at profitable level and also to tap the new resources and further explorations. Exploration is the key to making new discoveries that will become the coal mines of tomorrow to generate jobs and revenue streams for the benefit of the country.

The current coal prices fall is benefit to consumers but significant losses to producers. Hence the government needs to engage with industry in order to support the sector to overcome the current difficult situation to enable the mining sector to provide the jobs and revenue streams for generations to come.

source: http://coalspot.com