Little change seen in global spot coal prices
03 Feb 2015
February 3: An extension of the previous trend was witnessed in international coal markets on February 2 amidst limited price movement on lack of fresh enquiries, market sources said.
Following are the indicative prices of coal in various markets and indicative freight rates on February 2:
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 2, 2015 |
January 30, 2015 |
January 26, 2015 |
August 3, 2014 |
February 3, 2014 |
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South African Steam Coal |
6000 Kcal/kg NAR |
62.60 |
62.30 |
61.75 |
- |
80.00 |
South African Steam Coal |
5500 Kcal/kg NAR |
54.00 |
53.90 |
53.40 |
- |
65.50 |
Australian Steam Coal |
6300 Kcal/kg GAR |
63.50 |
63.50 |
65.25 |
- |
78.50 |
Indonesian Steam Coal |
5900 Kcal/kg GAR |
58.50 |
58.50 |
58.50 |
- |
70.25 |
Indonesian Steam Coal |
5000 Kcal/kg GAR |
46.80 |
46.80 |
46.70 |
- |
56.75 |
Indonesian Steam Coal |
4200 Kcal/kg GAR |
34.80 |
34.80 |
34.60 |
- |
38.20 |
Indonesian Steam Coal |
3800 Kcal/kg GAR |
28.05 |
28.15 |
28.50 |
- |
31.60 |
Hard Coking Coal (Australian) |
VM-20.7%, Ash-10.5% |
107.00 |
107.00 |
107.00 |
- |
126.00 |
Premium Low Vol |
VM-21.5%, Ash-9.3% |
106.00 |
106.00 |
107.00 |
- |
125.00 |
Semi Soft |
|
80.00 |
79.80 |
79.00 |
- |
88.25 |
Met Coke (CFR India) |
|
190.00 |
190.00 |
193.00 |
- |
260.00 |
Freight rates:
Destination
|
(in $/ton) |
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As on |
As on |
Week ago, |
6-month ago, |
Year ago, |
|
February 2, 2015 |
January 30, 2015 |
January 26, 2015 |
August 3, 2014 |
February 3, 2014 |
|
South Africa (RBCT) to India (West Coast) |
9.30 |
9.25 |
9.60 |
- |
15.75 |
South Africa (RBCT) to India (East Coast) |
8.90 |
8.80 |
9.20 |
- |
16.00 |
Indonesia (Kalimantan) to India (West Coast) |
6.50 |
6.50 |
6.50 |
- |
9.00 |
Indonesia (Kalimantan) to India (East Coast) |
5.10 |
5.10 |
5.10 |
- |
8.00 |
Australia to India |
8.80 |
8.90 |
8.80 |
- |
16.00 |
Source: Traders and ICMW database