COKING COAL DAILY: Premium coking coal fob, cfr prices diverge

The seaborne premium hard coking coal price in the fob market inched down amid a stable cfr market on Thursday March 18 because buyers in China were concerned about Mongolian coking coal exports to China, sources said.

Fastmarkets indices
Premium hard coking coal, fob DBCT: $113.78 per tonne, down $1.65 per tonne
Premium hard coking coal, cfr Jingtang: $212.86 per tonne, unchanged
Hard coking coal, fob DBCT: $105.59 per tonne, up $0.39 per tonne
Hard coking coal, cfr Jingtang: $198.39 per tonne, up $1.22 per tonne

In China, domestic premium coking coal prices gradually gained some support. End-users in north China were heard to have modestly increased domestic premium coking coal stocks on Thursday amid concerns on...

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