COKING COAL DAILY: Seaborne prices edge higher amid positive market sentiment

Seaborne coking coal prices inched higher in the cfr China market amid positive market sentiment, while fob Austrialia prices remained largely unchanged, sources told Fastmarkets on Thursday August 19.

Fastmarkets indices
Premium hard coking coal, cfr Jingtang: $366.41 per tonne, up $0.93 per tonne
Hard coking coal, cfr Jingtang: $323.83 per tonne, up $1.16 per tonne
Premium hard coking coal, fob DBCT: $225.07 per tonne, down $0.41 per tonne
Hard coking coal, fob DBCT: $196.91 per tonne, up $0.25 per tonne

The market remained strong in China on Thursday following a deal for United States-origin premium low-volatility hard coking coal at $365 per tonne cfr China on...

Immediate trigger for crash was new Fed Chairman pick

Gold stocks slump on metal price decline

Is the gold market starting to turn 'irrationally exuberant'?

Gold stocks explode up as equity markets languish

Gold stocks outpace flat large caps