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PRICING NOTICE: Change in publication day for China domestic coking coal price

Fastmarkets has changed the publication day for its weekly Shanxi-origin, Tangshan-delivered domestic China coking coal price from every Friday to every Monday.

December 2, 2019
By Generic people page
Pricing notice

The change follows market consultations that started on November 11.

The specifications of the price remain unchanged:

Price: Hard coking coal domestic China spot market, Shanxi-origin, delivered Tangshan, yuan/tonne
Quality: Volatile matter: <28
G value: >75
Y value: >16
Ash: <=11.5
Sulphur: <=1.4
Location: Delivered to mill Tangshan
Unit: CNY/tonne
Publication: Weekly. Monday

To provide feedback on this proposal or if you would like to provide price information by becoming a data submitter to these assessments, please contact Deepali Sharma by email at pricing@fastmarkets.com. Please add the subject heading ‘FAO: Deepali Sharma, re: China domestic coking coal.’

To see all of Fastmarkets’ pricing methodology and specification documents, go to https://www.fastmarkets.com/about-us/methodology.

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