COKING COAL DAILY: Seaborne prices flat; 2021 uncertainty remains

Seaborne coking coal prices across the board were relatively flat on Thursday December 31 due to a lack of trading during the day while market participants said that Chinese authorities' policy on Australian coal remained a key factor influencing the 2021 spot market.

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Premium hard coking coal, fob DBCT: $104.36 per tonne, down $0.03 per tonne
Premium hard coking coal, cfr Jingtang: $200.06 per tonne, unchanged
Hard coking coal, fob DBCT: $90.05 per tonne, unchanged
Hard coking coal, cfr Jingtang: $186 per tonne, unchanged
No transactions were heard over the day, sources said, so as a result, seaborne coking coal prices stayed mostly flat.

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