The coking coal market in China slightly inched down on Thursday July 15. The fob coking coal market held steady without much firm buying interest for August-laycan cargoes on the same day, sources told Fastmarkets.
Fastmarkets indices
Premium hard coking coal, fob DBCT: $210.15 per tonne, up $0.12 per tonne
Premium hard coking coal, cfr Jingtang: $307.63 per tonne, down $0.69 per tonne
Hard coking coal, fob DBCT: $174.92 per tonne, unchanged
Hard coking coal, cfr Jingtang: $267.11 per tonne, down $0.41 per tonne
The seaborne coking coal market is under pressure with the coke prices in China decreasing in the week to July 15.
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