Little change in spot coal prices
10 Apr 2014
April 10: The spot prices of steam coal in the international markets remained largely unchanged on April 9 on lack of fresh interest, industry sources said.
Following are the indicative prices of coal in various markets and indicative freight rates on April 9:
Specification |
Price/ton (in $ and FOB) |
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As on, |
As on, |
Week ago, |
6-month ago, |
Year ago, |
|
April 9, 2014 |
April 8, 2014 |
April 2, 2014 |
October 9, 2013 |
April 10, 2013 |
|
6000 Kcal/kg NAR |
75.75 |
75.60 |
73.40 |
77.25 |
83.50 |
5500 Kcal/kg NAR |
65.00 |
65.00 |
64.60 |
60.00 |
- |
6300 Kcal/kg GAR |
73.20 |
73.30 |
74.00 |
78.50 |
91.75 |
5900 Kcal/kg GAR |
67.00 |
67.20 |
68.00 |
67.25 |
74.70 |
5000 Kcal/kg GAR |
54.70 |
54.70 |
54.50 |
54.00 |
58.60 |
4200 Kcal/kg GAR |
37.00 |
37.20 |
37.50 |
38.90 |
41.85 |
3800 Kcal/kg GAR |
31.80 |
32.00 |
32.25 |
33.50 |
35.60 |
VM-20.7%, Ash-10.5% |
111.00 |
111.00 |
112.00 |
149.50 |
151.50 |
VM-21.5%, Ash-9.3% |
110.00 |
110.00 |
110.50 |
147.75 |
150.50 |
|
81.80 |
82.00 |
82.50 |
96.00 |
108.75 |
|
204.00 |
204.00 |
210.00 |
266.00 |
288.00 |
Freight rates:
Destination |
(in $/ton) |
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As on |
As on |
Week ago, |
6-month ago, |
Year ago, |
|
April 9, 2014 |
April 8, 2014 |
April 2, 2014 |
October 9, 2013 |
April 10, 2013 |
|
South Africa (RBCT) to India (West Coast) |
15.00 |
15.00 |
15.30 |
18.80 |
15.80 |
South Africa (RBCT) to India (East Coast) |
15.50 |
15.50 |
15.80 |
19.40 |
16.80 |
Indonesia (Kalimantan) to India (West Coast) |
9.50 |
9.60 |
10.10 |
14.00 |
10.20 |
Indonesia (Kalimantan) to India (East Coast) |
8.40 |
8.50 |
8.80 |
12.45 |
9.10 |
Australia to India |
17.00 |
17.00 |
16.50 |
21.20 |
16.50 |
Source: Traders & ICMW data base