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Thermal Coal Market
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Europe's Ara Coal Stocks Rise 3.1% on Week to 5.74 Mil Mt
Nov 4, 2015* Stocks climb at EMO Dry Bulk Terminal and OBA Bulk Amsterdam * Low Rhine river levels impact barging from ARA ports Four delivery terminals in Northwest Europe's Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp trading hub had combined coal stocks of ...
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China Thermal Coal Import Demand to Fall Sharply
Sep 27, 2015Chinese demand for seaborne-traded thermal coal will fall sharply from 2016, dragging prices down in its wake, analysts at Goldman Sachs said this week. In a report entitled The Tiger and the Dragon, the bank's analysts downgraded their ...
Tags: Thermal Coal, Coal, Coal Mining
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China's Domestic Thermal Coal Prices Slumped
Jul 16, 2014Prices in China's domestic thermal coal market slumped dramatically in Monday's Asian trading session as the effect of Shenhua's cut to its thermal coal prices late last week and depressed buying interest among Chinese power plants took a ...
Tags: Thermal Coal, Coal Prices, coal
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Uncertainty Over Price Cuts Affects Imported Coal
Jun 29, 2014Uncertainty over the scale of widely-expected price cuts by Chinese coal producers for July domestic cargoes has cast a cloud over the South China market for imported thermal coal, market sources said Tuesday. Because of this, buyers and ...
Tags: Thermal coal, Domestic Cargoes
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Sentiment in India Bodes Well for The Indonesian Thermal Coal Market
May 27, 2014Sentiment in India following the general elections appears bullish, boding well for the Indonesian thermal coal market, but there is no near-term catalyst being seen to drive Chinese demand up, sources said Friday. "It would still require ...
Tags: Thermal Coal, Mineral
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The Coal Faces Limited Negative Surprises Going Forward with Price Downside Limited
May 25, 2014The Chinese thermal coal market is seeing some positive fundamental trends in the near term, helped by coal investment cuts, production declines and a slowdown in imports, even as seasonal weakness is expected to weigh on the market, an ...
Tags: Thermal Coal, Coal
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Despite Shutdown of Nuclear Power Plants, Japan May Not Raise Its Thermal Coal Imports
May 8, 2014Despite shutdown of nuclear power plants, Japan is not expected to raise its thermal coal imports significantly over the next five-seven years, as existing coal-fired power plants are running at high rates and new facilities are still on ...
Tags: Thermal Coal, nuclear power plants
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US Powder River Basin 8,800-BTU/Lb Thermal Coal for May Delivery Closed 20 Cents Higher
Apr 11, 2014US Powder River Basin 8,800-Btu/lb thermal coal for May delivery closed 20 cents higher at $13.05/st on Wednesday, the highest level for the front month since November 23, 2011, when the price closed at $13.75/st. PRB 8,800 physical May ...
Tags: thermal coal, coal production, PRB basin
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US Over-The-Counter Thermal Coal Prices Changed Little Thursday
Apr 8, 2014US over-the-counter thermal coal prices changed little Thursday, as competing natural gas futures got a boost from end-of-season gas storage stocks falling to 822 Bcf, a level not seen since 2003. The increased consumption of gas this ...
Tags: natural gas, gas, Metallurgy, Mineral, Coal
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Softer Coastal Freight Rates Put Seaborne-Traded Cargoes at a Slight Price Disadvantage
Mar 31, 2014Softer coastal freight rates for shipping domestic thermal coal from northern to southern ports in China has put seaborne-traded cargoes at a slight price disadvantage, and renewed downward pressure on CFR South China prices, said traders ...
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Central Appalachian Thermal Coal Spot Prices Closed Mixed
Mar 26, 2014Central Appalachian thermal coal spot prices closed mixed Monday, with the April barge contract rising 70 cents/st and the rail-delivered (CSX) April contract falling 15 cents/st. The front-month river-rail spread widened to $3.85/st, up ...
Tags: Coal Spot, thermal coal, SPOT MARKET
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Seaborne Prices at China's Southern Ports Searched for Direction in Thin Asia Trade
Mar 26, 2014Seaborne prices at China's southern ports searched for direction in thin Asia trade Monday as currency and freight issues for the most part precluded deals in the CFR South China market, said traders. The Platts/Fenwei CFR South China ...
Tags: Thermal Coal, China market, weaker currency
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Coastal Power Plants in China Are Unwilling to Go Above $75/Mt CFR South China
Mar 25, 2014Chinese buyers refrained from meeting the delivered-price expectations of seaborne cargo sellers in unsettled Asian trade Friday, as weak fundamentals in the domestic market prolonged a week-old standoff between buyers and sellers, said ...
Tags: China Cargo Market, coal producer, thermal coal market
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Bearish Sentiment Blanketed The Indonesian Thermal Coal Market Amid Reports of Price
Mar 10, 2014Bearish sentiment blanketed the Indonesian thermal coal market Wednesday amid reports of price discounting by major Chinese coal producers to their domestic customers, said traders. A medium-sized Indonesian coal producer said he expected ...
Tags: Thermal Coal Market, Deal-Making
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US Over-The-Counter Thermal Coal Prices Closed Little Changed on Tuesday
Feb 13, 2014US over-the-counter thermal coal prices closed little changed on Tuesday, with only a handful of trades seen across the Central Appalachian and Powder River Basin 8,800-Btu/lb coal markets. In the East, CAPP rail (CSX) coal prices edged 5 ...
Tags: Thermal Coal, Low-Volume Session