MONTHLY SUMMARY OF IMPORTED COAL & PETCOKE Indicative Imported Coal Price COAL South Africa South Africa Australia Indonesia Indonesia
(kcal/kg) 6000 NAR 5500 NAR 5500 NAR 5000 GAR 4200 GAR
Monthly Price - FOB USD 176.00 USD 140.08 USD 128.66 USD 98.50 USD 67.42
Monthly Price- FOB INR 13125 INR 10446 INR 9595 INR 7345 INR 5028
Monthly Change (USD) 40.80 29.77 26.69 -0.68 -1.30
Indicative Pet Coke Price PET COKE
Sulphur
Price
India-RIL(Ex-Ref.) Saudi Arabia (CIF)
-5% + 8.5%
INR 13984 INR 11523 ($155)
Monthly Change ($) INR -1696.00 -7.50
USA (CIF)
- 6.5%
INR 12772 ($171)
-12.75
Exchange Rate
Change (Monthly)
INR 74.58
-0.70
Indicative Coking Coal Price Current Month Monthly Change (USD)
Premium Low Vol FOB CFR China 409.25 389.22 69.40
39.57
HCC 64 MID Vol Semi Soft Low Vol PCI Mid Tier PCI MET COKE 62% CSR FOB Aus CFR China FOB Aus FOB Aus FOB Aus CFR India FOB N China 362.78 352.16 269.81 277.44 275.38 575.50 515.69 71.08
30.41
South African Coal News: * South African department of Mine management has recently started a cleanup operation. Coal mining wastewater spilled near a historic South African game park last month, raising community concerns about the environmental effects. An estimated 1,500 cubic metres of liquid known as slurry leaked after a dam collapsed. Though there have been no confirmed reports of human, domestic livestock casualties, the incident has caused concern over people living in the proximity of coal mines in the country. * South African power utility Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd. will burn more coal than it planned over the this year amid delays to government program to procure electricity from private producers. State-owned Eskom expects to generate 2% more energy from coal for the ongoing financial year. South Africa is struggling to solve a power crisis caused by Eskom’s aging coal-burning generation fleet, which is prone
50.56
43.04
42.18
9.50
54.89
to breakdowns that result in electricity outages. The government’s plans to address the problem by adding supply from private producers has been prone to delays including court challenges. * According to Statistics South Africa, the domestic mining production increased by 5.2% year-on-year in 2021. Coal production suffered a blow as production of the dry fuel had gone down by 7.9%, contributing -2.2 percentage points. South Africa’s mineral sales at current prices increased by 22.2% year-on-year in November 2021. Sale of coal was up by29.7%, contributing 5.6 percentage points.
Australian Coal News: * The Australian economy is largely dependent on coal. It is the second-biggest exporter of coal in the CCAI Monthly Newsletter January 2022
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