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April 2017 | Steel Raw Materials


Australian HCC prices steady but for how long?: Coking Coal and Coke Market Analysis


In the immediate aftermath of Cyclone Debbie, the market focus was geographic arbitrage.

Prices have stabilised at around $300/t FOB Australia for HCC, but we would caution that this is not a “hard” number. Pricing could change $50-100/t in a day, such is the volatility of the market – and we caution that this could be up or down. The primary reason for this is the small nature of the spot market, as 70-80% of Australian (and global) cargoes are still bought and sold under volume contract deals....

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