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20 Dec 2013
December 20: A sluggish trend prevailed in international coal markets on December 19 amidst continued low buying enquiries, industry sources said.
Following are the indicative prices of coal in various markets and indicative freight rates on December 19:
|
Description of Coal |
Specification |
Price/ton (in $ and FOB) as on Dec 19, 2013 |
Price/ton (in $ and FOB) as on Dec 18, 2013 |
Week Ago Price/ton (in $ and FOB) Dec 12, 2013 |
6-month ago Price/ton (in $ and FOB) Jun 20, 2013 |
Year Ago Price/ton (in $ and FOB) Dec 19, 2012 |
|
South African Steam Coal |
6000 Kcal/kg NAR |
86.00 |
85.90 |
86.00 |
76.10 |
89.10 |
|
South African Steam Coal |
5500 Kcal/kg NAR |
69.00 |
69.00 |
68.50 |
69.25 |
NA |
|
Australian Steam Coal |
6300 Kcal/kg GAR |
85.00 |
85.00 |
84.75 |
83.25 |
90.30 |
|
Indonesian Steam Coal |
5900 Kcal/kg GAR |
69.25 |
68.75 |
69.75 |
72.40 |
71.50 |
|
Indonesian Steam Coal |
5000 Kcal/kg GAR |
57.00 |
57.00 |
57.25 |
60.30 |
56.20 |
|
Indonesian Steam Coal |
4200 Kcal/kg GAR |
38.50 |
38.50 |
38.60 |
43.00 |
38.50 |
|
Indonesian Steam Coal |
3800 Kcal/kg GAR |
33.00 |
33.00 |
32.80 |
37.00 |
33.40 |
|
Hard Coking Coal (Australian) |
VM-20.7%, Ash-10.5% |
136.00 |
136.00 |
136.00 |
134.00 |
158.50 |
|
Premium Low Vol |
VM-21.5%, Ash-9.3% |
134.00 |
134.00 |
134.00 |
132.50 |
158.00 |
|
Semi Soft |
|
92.50 |
92.00 |
92.00 |
96.00 |
113.00 |
|
Met Coke (CFR India) |
|
272.00 |
272.00 |
272.00 |
260.00 |
287.00 |
Freight Rate:
|
Destination |
As on Dec 19, 2013 (in $/ton) |
As on Dec 18, 2013 (in $/ton) |
Week Ago Dec 12, 2013 (in $/ton) |
6-month Ago Jun 20, 2013 (in $/ton) |
Year Ago Dec 20, 2012 (in $/ton) |
|
South Africa (RBCT) to India (West Coast) |
18.00 |
18.00 |
18.00 |
14.00 |
13.40 |
|
South Africa (RBCT) to India (East Coast) |
18.40 |
18.40 |
18.40 |
14.30 |
14.30 |
|
Indonesia (Kalimantan) to India (West Coast) |
12.80 |
12.80 |
13.00 |
9.20 |
9.10 |
|
Indonesia (Kalimantan) to India (East Coast) |
11.20 |
11.20 |
11.40 |
7.50 |
7.90 |
|
Australia to India |
19.00 |
19.00 |
19.00 |
14.50 |
NA |
Source: ICMW (Traders)