COKING COAL DAILY: Premium fob price drops amid active ex-China market

The seaborne premium hard coking coal fob price dropped on Monday August 17 following recent transactions, while participants said that the ex-China markets are now more active than the cfr market.

Fastmarkets indices
Premium hard coking coal, fob DBCT: $103.55 per tonne, down $1.29 per tonne
Premium hard coking coal, cfr Jingtang: $115.02 per tonne, down $0.07 per tonne
Hard coking coal, fob DBCT: $85.02 per tonne, unchanged

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