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29 Nov 2013
November 29: Spot price of South African standard coal (6,000 Kca/kg NAR) weakened further on November 28 on lack of major demand after remaining unchanged during the previous two days, industry sources said.
Prospects that supplies from Colombia will not be affected the way they were projected to, seems to be putting pressure on South African coal prices which had firmed up sharply from the middle of the previous week, they said.
However, off-spec material (5,500 Kcal/kg NAR) continued to firm up along with Australian and higher grades of Indonesian coal without any specific reason, they added.
Following are the indicative prices of coal in various markets and indicative freight rates on November 28:
|
Description of Coal |
Specification |
Price/ton (in $ and FOB) as on Nov 28, 2013 |
Price/ton (in $ and FOB) as on Nov 27, 2013 |
Week Ago Price/ton (in $ and FOB) Nov 21, 2013 |
6-month ago Price/ton (in $ and FOB) May 29, 2013 |
Year Ago Price/ton (in $ and FOB) Nov 29, 2012 |
|
South African Steam Coal |
6000 Kcal/kg NAR |
82.75 |
83.50 |
83.20 |
82.40 |
90.25 |
|
South African Steam Coal |
5500 Kcal/kg NAR |
67.10 |
66.80 |
66.90 |
NA |
NA |
|
Australian Steam Coal |
6300 Kcal/kg GAR |
83.00 |
82.60 |
82.25 |
88.00 |
92.00 |
|
Indonesian Steam Coal |
5900 Kcal/kg GAR |
68.50 |
68.30 |
67.75 |
73.60 |
70.25 |
|
Indonesian Steam Coal |
5000 Kcal/kg GAR |
56.00 |
55.90 |
55.20 |
60.40 |
55.25 |
|
Indonesian Steam Coal |
4200 Kcal/kg GAR |
38.75 |
38.75 |
38.75 |
42.85 |
38.20 |
|
Indonesian Steam Coal |
3800 Kcal/kg GAR |
32.50 |
32.50 |
32.50 |
36.50 |
33.20 |
|
Hard Coking Coal (Australian) |
VM-20.7%, Ash-10.5% |
138.50 |
139.50 |
139.50 |
138.00 |
162.00 |
|
Premium Low Vol |
VM-21.5%, Ash-9.3% |
136.50 |
137.50 |
137.50 |
137.00 |
161.50 |
|
Semi Soft |
|
96.00 |
98.00 |
97.00 |
98.00 |
110.50 |
|
Met Coke (CFR India) |
|
274.00 |
274.00 |
275.00 |
266.00 |
307.00 |
Freight Rate:
|
Destination |
As on Nov 28, 2013 (in $/ton) |
As on Nov 27, 2013 (in $/ton) |
Week Ago Nov 21, 2013 (in $/ton) |
6-month Ago May 29, 2013 (in $/ton) |
Year Ago Nov 29, 2012 (in $/ton) |
|
South Africa (RBCT) to India (West Coast) |
16.75 |
16.50 |
16.00 |
14.00 |
15.20 |
|
South Africa (RBCT) to India (East Coast) |
17.25 |
17.00 |
16.50 |
14.25 |
16.20 |
|
Indonesia (Kalimantan) to India (West Coast) |
12.00 |
11.75 |
11.60 |
8.50 |
10.90 |
|
Indonesia (Kalimantan) to India (East Coast) |
10.40 |
10.20 |
10.00 |
7.50 |
9.80 |
|
Australia to India |
17.50 |
17.50 |
17.00 |
15.50 |
NA |
Source: ICMW (Traders)