COKING COAL DAILY: Market in wait-and-see mode before New Year

Seaborne premium hard coking coal prices in the fob and cfr markets diverged slightly on Wednesday December 30 while market participants were in wait-and-see mode as the New Year approaches.

Fastmarkets indices
Premium hard coking coal, fob DBCT: $104.39 per tonne, down $0.49 per tonne
Premium hard coking coal, cfr Jingtang: $200.06 per tonne, up $0.26 per tonne
Hard coking coal, fob DBCT: $90.05 per tonne, unchanged
Hard coking coal, cfr Jingtang: $186 per tonne, unchanged

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