India Steel Market Watch
October 29: Spot coking coal prices eased marginally on low buying support from the markets of China and India, industry sources said.
Imported hard coking coal prices hovered in the range of $79.4 per ton FOB India as against $79.6 per ton in the previous week.
Spot semi-soft prices fell marginally to around $62.6 per ton as against $60.6 per ton a week earlier.
Met coke imported prices hovered around $132 per ton CFR India as against $133 per ton a week earlier.
Following are coking coal, met coke prices in different markets:
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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October 27, 2015 |
October 26, 2015 |
October 20, 2015 |
April 28, 2015 |
October 28, 2014 |
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Hard Coking Coal (Australian) |
VM-20.7%, Ash-10.5% |
79.4 |
79.4 |
- |
85.5 |
109.5 |
Premium Low Vol |
VM-21.5%, Ash-9.3% |
78.4 |
78.4 |
- |
84.5 |
107.5 |
Semi Soft |
|
62.6 |
62.3 |
- |
67 |
78.25 |
Met Coke (CFR India) |
|
132 |
130 |
- |
170 |
195 |
Source: Traders