Slight firmness seen in South African coal prices
13 Apr 2015
April 13: Slight firmness was witnessed in South African steam coal prices on April 10, but others remained largely weak on lack of fresh bids, market sources said.
Coking coal prices continued to slide whereas freight rates were largely unchanged, they added.
Following are the indicative prices of coal in various markets and indicative freight rates on April 10:
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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April 10, 2015 |
April 9, 2015 |
April 3, 2015 |
October 12, 2014 |
April 11, 2014 |
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South African Steam Coal |
6000 Kcal/kg NAR |
59.40 |
58.75 |
58.70 |
- |
76.40 |
South African Steam Coal |
5500 Kcal/kg NAR |
51.00 |
50.40 |
51.00 |
- |
65.25 |
Australian Steam Coal |
6300 Kcal/kg GAR |
56.50 |
56.70 |
55.40 |
- |
73.60 |
Indonesian Steam Coal |
5900 Kcal/kg GAR |
58.50 |
59.20 |
59.50 |
- |
67.00 |
Indonesian Steam Coal |
5000 Kcal/kg GAR |
46.10 |
46.50 |
47.00 |
- |
54.80 |
Indonesian Steam Coal |
4200 Kcal/kg GAR |
33.00 |
33.40 |
33.50 |
- |
36.80 |
Indonesian Steam Coal |
3800 Kcal/kg GAR |
26.50 |
26.75 |
26.90 |
- |
31.80 |
Hard Coking Coal (Australian) |
VM-20.7%, Ash-10.5% |
93.00 |
94.00 |
96.00 |
- |
112.00 |
Premium Low Vol |
VM-21.5%, Ash-9.3% |
92.00 |
93.00 |
95.00 |
- |
111.00 |
Semi Soft |
73.20 |
73.50 |
74.25 |
- |
84.50 |
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Met Coke (CFR India) |
172.50 |
172.50 |
175.00 |
- |
208.00 |
Freight rates:
Destination |
(in $/ton) |
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As on |
As on |
Week ago, |
6-month ago, |
Year ago, |
|
April 10, 2015 |
April 9, 2015 |
April 3, 2015 |
October 12, 2014 |
April 11, 2014 |
|
South Africa (RBCT) to India (West Coast) |
9.00 |
9.20 |
9.30 |
- |
14.60 |
South Africa (RBCT) to India (East Coast) |
9.00 |
9.20 |
9.40 |
- |
15.10 |
Indonesia (Kalimantan) to India (West Coast) |
6.00 |
6.00 |
6.20 |
- |
9.25 |
Indonesia (Kalimantan) to India (East Coast) |
5.00 |
5.00 |
5.20 |
- |
8.25 |
Australia to India |
9.50 |
9.60 |
9.75 |
- |
16.00 |
Source: traders and ICMW database