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11 Sep 2013
September 11: A soft trend was witnessed in international coal markets on September 10 as prices remained largely unchanged over their previous levels on lack of major enquiries, industry sources said.
Meanwhile, leading brokerage firm Marex Spectron quoted bids and offers for 150,000 tons of RB1 coal for loading in October at a discount of $3.00 and $2.10 to API4 respectively basis 6000 Kcal/kg NAR.
However, coking coal prices firmed up further as negotiations on Q4 prices draws near that prompted miners to quote higher prices even as very few deals are actually materialising, they added.
Following are the indicative prices of coal in various markets and indicative freight rates on September 10:
|
Description of Coal |
Specification |
Price/ton (in $ and FOB) as on Sep 10, 2013 |
Price/ton (in $ and FOB) as on Sep 09, 2013 |
Week Ago Price/ton (in $ and FOB) Sep 03, 2013 |
6-month ago Price/ton (in $ and FOB) Mar 11, 2013 |
Year Ago Price/ton (in $ and FOB) Sep 11, 2012 |
|
South African Steam Coal |
6000 Kcal/kg NAR |
70.40 |
70.40 |
71.25 |
83.75 |
84.00 |
|
South African Steam Coal |
5500 Kcal/kg NAR |
62.00 |
62.25 |
62.25 |
NA |
NA |
|
Australian Steam Coal |
6300 Kcal/kg GAR |
75.25 |
75.40 |
75.50 |
90.75 |
88.00 |
|
Indonesian Steam Coal |
5900 Kcal/kg GAR |
68.40 |
68.40 |
68.60 |
76.40 |
71.50 |
|
Indonesian Steam Coal |
5000 Kcal/kg GAR |
56.50 |
56.50 |
56.70 |
60.90 |
56.20 |
|
Indonesian Steam Coal |
4200 Kcal/kg GAR |
40.00 |
40.00 |
40.00 |
41.80 |
39.50 |
|
Indonesian Steam Coal |
3800 Kcal/kg GAR |
34.00 |
34.00 |
34.60 |
35.40 |
33.50 |
|
Hard Coking Coal (Australian) |
VM-20.7%, Ash-10.5% |
154.00 |
152.50 |
151.00 |
164.00 |
146.00 |
|
Premium Low Vol |
VM-21.5%, Ash-9.3% |
152.00 |
150.50 |
149.00 |
164.50 |
146.00 |
|
Semi Soft |
99.00 |
98.50 |
100.00 |
115.00 |
97.00 |
|
|
Met Coke (CFR India) |
262.00 |
260.00 |
260.00 |
302.00 |
325.00 |
Freight Rate:
|
Destination |
As on Sep 10, 2013 (in $/ton) |
As on Sep 09, 2013 (in $/ton) |
Week Ago Sep 03, 2013 (in $/ton) |
6-month Ago Mar 11, 2013 (in $/ton) |
Year Ago Sep 11, 2012 (in $/ton) |
|
South Africa (RBCT) to India (West Coast) |
15.00 |
15.00 |
14.70 |
15.90 |
13.60 |
|
South Africa (RBCT) to India (East Coast) |
15.50 |
15.50 |
15.25 |
16.90 |
15.10 |
|
Indonesia (Kalimantan) to India (West Coast) |
10.50 |
10.50 |
10.10 |
10.90 |
8.90 |
|
Indonesia (Kalimantan) to India (East Coast) |
9.25 |
9.25 |
8.90 |
9.70 |
7.90 |
|
Australia to India |
17.00 |
16.50 |
16.50 |
16.00 |
NA |
Source: ICMW (Traders)