COKING COAL DAILY: Prices up in fob market due to essential restocking activity

Seaborne premium hard coking coal prices edged higher in the fob market on Thursday April 22, boosted by an increase in restocking activity, but cfr prices continued to be relatively flat, sources told Fastmarkets.

Fastmarkets indices
Premium hard coking coal, fob DBCT: $113.28 per tonne, up $1.28 per tonne
Premium hard coking coal, cfr Jingtang: $220.54 per tonne, up $0.19 per tonne
Hard coking coal, fob DBCT: $105.62 per tonne, up $0.50 per tonne
Hard coking coal, cfr Jingtang: $200.49 per tonne, up $0.11 per tonne
Liquidity issues could be behind the differences in the cfr China and fob Australia markets, sources said.

Demand and supply for seaborne north American premium hard coking coal continued to be weak on Thursday with no transactions, firm offers or bids heard in the cfr...

Rising metals price volatility over past month

Gold stocks surge ahead of equities on metal price gain

Base metals outlook for 2026 opaque after decent rise last year

Gold and silver stocks far outpace the major markets

Bank of Japan boosts rates, continuing an unwinding carry trade