COKING COAL DAILY: Seaborne coking coal prices diverge in fob, cfr markets

Seaborne premium hard coking coal prices in the fob and cfr markets diverged on Monday March 1, with buyers from China showing little interest in purchasing cargoes.

Fastmarkets indices
Premium hard coking coal, fob DBCT: $127.05 per tonne, up $1.32 per tonne
Premium hard coking coal, cfr Jingtang: $217.81 per tonne, down $0.74 per tonne
Hard coking coal, fob DBCT: $119.17 per tonne, down $0.10 per tonne
Hard coking coal, cfr Jingtang: $205.90 per tonne, down $0.77 per tonne

Australia-origin premium mid-volatility hard coking coal was on offerat $128.50 per tonne fob Australia...

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