COKING COAL DAILY: Holiday lull, virus fears grip Chinese market

The seaborne coking coal market was quiet on Thursday January 23 with many participants in China already away for the Chinese New Year, though a mysterious respiratory virus that is spreading across the country is clouding the outlook for prices.

Fastmarkets indices
Premium hard coking coal, fob DBCT: $152.29 per tonne, unchanged
Premium hard coking coal, cfr Jingtang: $162.73 per tonne, unchanged
Hard coking coal, fob DBCT: $127.01 per tonne, unchanged

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