Rise in SA coal prices, Indonesia still subdued
10 Dec 2014
December 10: A small rise was witnessed in South African coal prices on December 9 after a weak trend a day before on some improvement in enquiries, but Indonesian coal prices remained depressed on sufficient availability and low enquiries, market sources said.
Following are the indicative prices of coal in various markets and indicative freight rates on December 9:
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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December 9, 2014 |
December 8, 2014 |
December 2, 2014 |
June 10, 2014 |
December 10, 2013 |
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South African Steam Coal |
6000 Kcal/kg NAR |
66.10 |
65.75 |
66.00 |
74.50 |
84.80 |
South African Steam Coal |
5500 Kcal/kg NAR |
56.90 |
56.10 |
56.50 |
66.25 |
68.25 |
Australian Steam Coal |
6300 Kcal/kg GAR |
62.20 |
61.80 |
62.25 |
71.75 |
84.40 |
Indonesian Steam Coal |
5900 Kcal/kg GAR |
60.10 |
60.25 |
60.10 |
67.00 |
68.90 |
Indonesian Steam Coal |
5000 Kcal/kg GAR |
48.40 |
48.50 |
48.70 |
55.50 |
56.50 |
Indonesian Steam Coal |
4200 Kcal/kg GAR |
35.65 |
35.75 |
36.00 |
37.50 |
38.75 |
Indonesian Steam Coal |
3800 Kcal/kg GAR |
28.75 |
28.75 |
29.00 |
31.25 |
32.80 |
Hard Coking Coal (Australian) |
VM-20.7%, Ash-10.5% |
113.00 |
112.50 |
112.00 |
114.00 |
134.50 |
Premium Low Vol |
VM-21.5%, Ash-9.3% |
111.50 |
111.00 |
110.75 |
112.50 |
133.00 |
Semi Soft |
78.50 |
78.50 |
77.90 |
77.80 |
91.75 |
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Met Coke (CFR India) |
200.00 |
200.00 |
198.00 |
214.00 |
272.00 |
Freight rates:
Destination |
(in $/ton) |
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As on |
As on |
Week ago, |
6-month ago, |
Year ago, |
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December 9, 2014 |
December 8, 2014 |
December 2, 2014 |
June 10, 2014 |
December 10, 2013 |
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South Africa (RBCT) to India (West Coast) |
13.25 |
13.75 |
14.25 |
14.00 |
17.75 |
South Africa (RBCT) to India (East Coast) |
14.00 |
14.50 |
15.10 |
13.80 |
18.25 |
Indonesia (Kalimantan) to India (West Coast) |
9.25 |
9.75 |
10.30 |
9.10 |
12.80 |
Indonesia (Kalimantan) to India (East Coast) |
8.25 |
8.50 |
8.80 |
8.00 |
11.20 |
Australia to India |
13.60 |
14.25 |
15.00 |
14.80 |
19.00 |
Source: Traders and ICMW database