No change seen in international coal market trends
16 Feb 2015
February 16: The trend in international coal markets remained practically unchanged on February 13 as the rates of South African coal rose further even as other origin coal prices remained largely unchanged, market sources said.
Following are the indicative prices of coal in various markets and indicative freight rates on February 13:
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 13, 2015 |
February 12, 2015 |
February 6, 2015 |
August 14, 2014 |
February 14, 2014 |
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South African Steam Coal |
6000 Kcal/kg NAR |
66.80 |
66.50 |
63.50 |
- |
79.55 |
South African Steam Coal |
5500 Kcal/kg NAR |
55.50 |
55.20 |
55.00 |
- |
65.50 |
Australian Steam Coal |
6300 Kcal/kg GAR |
61.70 |
61.75 |
62.00 |
- |
74.50 |
Indonesian Steam Coal |
5900 Kcal/kg GAR |
58.40 |
58.50 |
58.50 |
- |
70.20 |
Indonesian Steam Coal |
5000 Kcal/kg GAR |
47.00 |
47.00 |
47.00 |
- |
56.75 |
Indonesian Steam Coal |
4200 Kcal/kg GAR |
34.40 |
34.40 |
34.60 |
- |
38.50 |
Indonesian Steam Coal |
3800 Kcal/kg GAR |
27.50 |
27.60 |
27.80 |
- |
31.70 |
Hard Coking Coal (Australian) |
VM-20.7%, Ash-10.5% |
104.00 |
104.00 |
107.00 |
- |
124.40 |
Premium Low Vol |
VM-21.5%, Ash-9.3% |
103.00 |
103.00 |
106.00 |
- |
123.50 |
Semi Soft |
79.70 |
79.50 |
80.25 |
- |
87.25 |
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Met Coke (CFR India) |
187.00 |
187.00 |
186.00 |
- |
257.00 |
Freight rates:
Destination |
(in $/ton) |
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As on |
As on |
Week ago, |
6-month ago, |
Year ago, |
|
February 13, 2015 |
February 12, 2015 |
February 6, 2015 |
August 14, 2014 |
February 14, 2014 |
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South Africa (RBCT) to India (West Coast) |
9.30 |
8.90 |
8.50 |
- |
16.10 |
South Africa (RBCT) to India (East Coast) |
9.00 |
8.50 |
8.00 |
- |
16.60 |
Indonesia (Kalimantan) to India (West Coast) |
6.00 |
6.10 |
6.00 |
- |
9.90 |
Indonesia (Kalimantan) to India (East Coast) |
4.50 |
4.60 |
4.50 |
- |
9.20 |
Australia to India |
9.50 |
9.50 |
8.40 |
- |
17.50 |
Source: Traders and ICMW Data Base