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 163.83 USD 132.56 USD 108.03 USD 119.91 USD 86.17
Monthly Price- FOB INR 12072 INR 9768 INR 7960 INR 8835 INR 6349
Monthly Change (USD) 26.02 21.82 12.11 16.94 12.71
Indicative Pet Coke Price PET COKE
Sulphur
Price
India-RIL(Ex-Ref.) Saudi Arabia (CIF)
-5% + 8.5%
INR 14851 INR 12422 ($169)
USA (CIF)
- 6.5%
INR 13329 ($181)
Monthly Change ($) INR 937.20 10.10
Exchange Rate
Change (Monthly)
INR 73.68
-0.45
9.90
Indicative Coking Coal Price Current Month
Premium Low Vol FOB CFR China 345.80 535.18
Monthly Change (USD)
119.46
169.18
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 297.40 474.00 223.93 232.65 231.65 520.30 608.10 98.71
146.63
South African Coal News: *The Sub-Saharan Africa’s pipeline of new coal projects has fallen by 47 per cent since 2015 amid the growing clamor to move away from coal to cleaner, greener fuel. Yet, 13 countries have decided to stick to coal to meet energy requirements. *South Africa’s thermal coal exports in the first seven months of 2021 has declined by nearly 13% on the year due to logistical constraints, social unrest and a sharp drop in demand from the Indian buyers. Country’s thermal coal exports in 2021 have dropped to 35 MT, down from 41 MT in the January-July period last year. *South Africa’s state-owned electricity utility, Eskom, is considering the utilization of carbon capture technology at a number of its coal-fired power plants, pending financial viability. With
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62.18
66.09
66.46
98.55
116.85
the country pursuing cleaner energy sources in the transition to a greener future, carbon capture will enable the utilization of coal in a more sustainable manner. *South Africa’s coal exports slowed in the first half of the year due to security problems and a lack of rail capacity by state-owned Transnet SOC Ltd. As thermal coal prices surpassed $100 a ton during the period, about 9 million tons of producers’ shipments were “lost” due to transport issues. Locomotive unavailability, coal line shutdown disruptions, derailments, and other operational challenges combined with vandalism and sabotage of rail infrastructure resulted in one of the worst export rail performances for the industry, according to miner Exxaro Resources Ltd. *South African coal price is steadily going up in the recent weeks amid increasing export
