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Slight uptrend in Indonesian coal prices

07 Jan 2014

January 7: Spot seaborne coal prices witnessed mixed trends on January 6 as rates of higher grade Indonesian varieties rose marginally while those of South African and Australian origin were slightly down.

Heavy rains in Indonesia had affected loading from the country's ports between the Christmas and New Year holidays and this led to a slight firmness in spot coal prices, market sources said.

Meanwhile, the uncertainty relating to Colombian coal miner Drummond continued but there was not much impact on the market.

In the coking coal market, prices were slightly up over the weekend, sources added.

Following are the indicative prices of coal in various markets and indicative freight rates on January 6:

Description of Coal

Specification

Price/ton (in $ and FOB) as on Jan 06, 2014

Price/ton (in $ and FOB) as on Jan 03, 2014

Week Ago Price/ton (in $ and FOB) Dec 30, 2013

6-month ago Price/ton (in $ and FOB) Jul 05, 2013

Year Ago Price/ton (in $ and FOB) Jan 07, 2013

South African Steam Coal

6000 Kcal/kg NAR

84.00

84.25

85.00

72.10

87.40

South African Steam Coal

5500 Kcal/kg NAR

68.50

68.50

68.60

66.50

NA

Australian Steam Coal

6300 Kcal/kg GAR

84.00

84.60

86.00

76.75

92.30

Indonesian Steam Coal

5900 Kcal/kg GAR

71.00

70.50

70.30

71.50

71.90

Indonesian Steam Coal

5000 Kcal/kg GAR

58.00

57.80

57.70

60.10

57.15

Indonesian Steam Coal

4200 Kcal/kg GAR

38.25

38.25

38.25

43.20

39.20

Indonesian Steam Coal

3800 Kcal/kg GAR

32.20

32.20

32.20

37.00

33.70

Hard Coking Coal (Australian)

VM-20.7%, Ash-10.5%

134.00

133.00

133.00

132.00

161.00

Premium Low Vol

VM-21.5%, Ash-9.3%

132.50

131.50

131.50

131.00

160.60

Semi Soft

 

93.25

92.00

92.00

91.00

119.50

Met Coke (CFR India)

 

272.00

272.00

272.00

255.00

294.00


Freight Rate:


Destination

As on Jan 06, 2014 (in $/ton)

As on Jan 03, 2014 (in $/ton)

Week Ago Dec 30, 2013 (in $/ton)

6-month Ago Jul 05, 2013 (in $/ton)

Year Ago Jan 07, 2013 (in $/ton)

South Africa (RBCT) to India (West Coast)

16.25

16.75

17.40

15.00

13.00

South Africa (RBCT) to India (East Coast)

16.60

17.00

17.70

15.30

13.90

Indonesia (Kalimantan) to India (West Coast)

10.50

11.25

11.80

10.00

8.40

Indonesia (Kalimantan) to India (East Coast)

 9.00

 9.75

10.30

 8.50

7.50

Australia to India

17.00

17.50

19.00

14.50

NA

Source: ICMW (Traders)