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Fastmarkets indices Premium hard coking coal, fob DBCT: $101.07 per tonne, down $0.47 per tonne Premium hard coking coal, cfr Jingtang: $164 per tonne, unchanged Hard coking coal, fob DBCT: $90.03 per tonne, unchanged Hard coking coal, cfr Jingtang: $154.11 per tonne, unchanged
On Friday November 27, an 80,000-tonne cargo of premium low-volatility hard coking coal, with January 1-10 laycan, was traded at $102 per tonne fob Australia.
A 75,000-tonne cargo of premium low-vol hard coking coal, with the same laycan, was traded at $102 per tonne fob Australia on Friday.
Late on Thursday November 26, an 80,000-tonne cargo of premium low-vol hard coking coal, with January 10-19 laycan, was traded at $101.75 per tonne fob Australia, sources told Fastmarkets.
A trader source from Singapore said the premium hard coking coal fob price has been relatively steady with transactions actively being made.
Meanwhile, the cfr market remained quiet, sources told Fastmarkets.
Chinese market participants were uncertain if the ban on Australian coal will be removed in the first quarter of 2021, however, one trader source and one coke producer source predicted that Australian coking coal cargoes, which had been waiting in anchorage, will be allowed to pass customs clearance sooner or later.
“There are nearly 7 million tonnes of Australian coking coal nationwide,” the coke producer source said.
Dalian Commodity Exchange The most-traded January coking coal futures contract closed at 1,431.50 yuan ($217.72) per tonne on Friday, up by 5.50 yuan per tonne.
The most-traded January coke contract closed at 2,449.50 yuan per tonne, up by 11.50 yuan per tonne.