COKING COAL DAILY: Chinese buyers still opting for seaborne cargoes

Prices of seaborne premium hard coking coal slipped on a fob Australia basis on Tuesday December 17 while cfr China rates remained underpinned by decent demand and the strength of the coke market in China.

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Premium hard coking coal, fob DBCT: $134.16 per tonne, down $2.42 per tonne
Premium hard coking coal, cfr Jingtang: $147.33 per tonne, down $0.37 per tonne
Hard coking coal, fob DBCT: $122.33 per tonne, unchanged
Hard coking coal, cfr Jingtang: $130.25 per tonne, unchanged

Low-vol PCI, fob DBCT: $89.45 per tonne, unchanged...

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