COKING COAL DAILY: Weak buying interest continues to weigh on premium cfr price

Seaborne premium hard coking coal prices in the cfr market fell on Thursday March 4, with end users in China not interested in seaborne cargoes due to sufficient domestic supplies.

Fastmarkets indices
Premium hard coking coal, fob DBCT: $124.45 per tonne, down $0.23 per tonne
Premium hard coking coal, cfr Jingtang: $214.51 per tonne, down $3.30 per tonne
Hard coking coal, fob DBCT: $116.16 per tonne, down $1.50 per tonne
Hard coking coal, cfr Jingtang: $203.10 per tonne, down $3.80 per tonne

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