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07 Aug 2014
August 7: A firm trend prevailed in international coal markets on August 6 amidst indications of an improvement in demand, market sources said.
South African standard coal prices inched up further on the second consecutive day but rest of the prices remained largely unchanged at previous levels, they added.
Following are the indicative prices of coal in various markets and indicative freight rates on August 6:
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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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August 6, 2014 |
August 5, 2014 |
July 30, 2014 |
February 7, 2014 |
August 7, 2013 |
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South African Steam Coal |
6000 Kcal/kg NAR |
71.25 |
71.00 |
71.25 |
83.25 |
71.70 |
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South African Steam Coal |
5500 Kcal/kg NAR |
62.00 |
62.00 |
63.00 |
66.50 |
64.80 |
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Australian Steam Coal |
6300 Kcal/kg GAR |
68.80 |
68.80 |
68.50 |
75.80 |
78.40 |
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Indonesian Steam Coal |
5900 Kcal/kg GAR |
64.00 |
64.00 |
64.75 |
70.25 |
69.10 |
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Indonesian Steam Coal |
5000 Kcal/kg GAR |
49.70 |
49.80 |
50.00 |
56.80 |
57.40 |
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Indonesian Steam Coal |
4200 Kcal/kg GAR |
36.50 |
36.50 |
36.00 |
38.75 |
42.25 |
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Indonesian Steam Coal |
3800 Kcal/kg GAR |
30.00 |
30.00 |
30.15 |
31.90 |
36.40 |
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Hard Coking Coal (Australian) |
VM-20.7%, Ash-10.5% |
113.50 |
113.50 |
113.00 |
127.00 |
136.50 |
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Premium Low Vol |
VM-21.5%, Ash-9.3% |
112.00 |
112.00 |
111.50 |
126.00 |
134.50 |
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Semi Soft |
74.25 |
74.00 |
72.50 |
88.25 |
95.50 |
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Met Coke (CFR India) |
190.00 |
190.00 |
202.00 |
257.00 |
245.00 |
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Freight Rate:
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Destination |
(in $/ton) |
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As on |
As on |
Week ago, |
6-month ago, |
Year ago, |
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August 6, 2014 |
August 5, 2014 |
July 30, 2014 |
February 7, 2014 |
August 7, 2013 |
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South Africa (RBCT) to India (West Coast) |
16.30 |
16.40 |
16.00 |
15.50 |
15.35 |
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South Africa (RBCT) to India (East Coast) |
16.75 |
16.60 |
16.40 |
15.80 |
15.80 |
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Indonesia (Kalimantan) to India (West Coast) |
9.80 |
9.90 |
9.70 |
9.20 |
9.80 |
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Indonesia (Kalimantan) to India (East Coast) |
8.50 |
8.50 |
8.60 |
8.40 |
8.50 |
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Australia to India |
13.30 |
13.50 |
14.25 |
15.75 |
16.00 |
Source: Traders & ICMW data base