Seaborne coking coal spot prices were largely unchanged on Thursday September 20 with offers and bids still moving in opposite directions.
A tender for a premium mid-vol material failed to conclude with the highest bid heard to be around $203 per tonne cfr China, sources told Metal Bulletin. "There is support for seaborne coking coal price due to the government's strict emission standards. And there continues to be demand for low-sulfur coking coal, but prices are too high at the moment," a southern Chinese mill source said. He added that while the local authorities where he is based did not specify a sulfur...