The seaborne coking coal market was quiet on Friday February 22 following a flurry of transactions through the week that sent prices of premium hard coking coal up by more than 4% over the week.
Fastmarkets' cfr China Premium Hard Coking Coal Index was unchanged from the previous day at $212.60 per tonne on Friday, but up 4.8% from Monday, while the fob Australia Premium Hard Coking Coal Index was up 4.3% from the start of the week, although unchanged day on day, at $215.09 per tonne. "Transactions will be harder to come by now that prices have jumped by almost $10...