COKING COAL DAILY: Seaborne premium prices drop further; mixed opinions on future trend

Seaborne premium coking coal prices fell further on Thursday July 16, largely due to China's strict import restrictions and with market participants split over the future direction of the steelmaking raw material, sources told Fastmarkets.

Fastmarkets indices
Premium hard coking coal, fob DBCT:  $109.22 per tonne, down $1.63 per tonne 
Premium hard coking coal, cfr Jingtang: $117.96 per tonne, down $2.64 per tonne
Hard coking coal, fob DBCT: $91.33 per tonne, down $0.09 per tonne
Hard coking coal, cfr Jingtang: $101.42 per tonne, unchanged 

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