COKING COAL DAILY: Seaborne premium prices edge up but uncertainty remains in cfr market

Seaborne premium hard coking coal prices edged up on Thursday February 18, with Chinese market participants back from the Lunar New Year holiday, but there was still uncertainty over the direction of the cfr market, sources said.

Fastmarkets indices
Premium hard coking coal, fob DBCT: $141.26 per tonne, up $0.06 per tonne
Premium hard coking coal, cfr Jingtang: $217.48 per tonne, up $0.25 per tonne
Hard coking coal, fob DBCT: $134.07 per tonne, up $0.50 per tonne
Hard coking coal, cfr Jingtang: $203 per tonne, unchanged

In the spot market, the latest offer heard for premium mid-volatility hard coking coal stood at around $145 per tonne fob...

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