COKING COAL DAILY: Prices strong amid continuous supply tightness

Seaborne coking coal prices inched up in both the cfr and fob markets on Thursday July 29 amid supply tightness and firm buying interest, sources said.

Fastmarkets indices
Premium hard coking coal, fob DBCT: $216.04 per tonne, up $0.49 per tonne
Premium hard coking coal, cfr Jingtang: $317.22 per tonne, up $1.46 per tonne
Hard coking coal, fob DBCT: $183.25 per tonne, up $0.84 per tonne
Hard coking coal, cfr Jingtang: $272.2 per tonne, up $0.01 per tonne

The seaborne coking coal market held strong on Thursday due to supply...

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