Argus launches international coking coal report

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Sep 03, 2012, 04:45 ET

SINGAPORE, HOUSTON and LONDON, Sept. 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Global energy and commodity price reporting service Argus today launched a dedicated coking coal service. The new daily report, Argus Coking Coal International, covers Europe, Asia-Pacific and the Americas and offers prices for key export and consuming markets, and freight rates for the main trading routes.

Coking coal demand and international trade are growing rapidly, fuelled by industrial expansion in China and India in particular. A swaps market is beginning to emerge around the Australian export market, as coking coal producers, trading firms and steel manufacturers seek risk management tools.

Australia is a key exporter to steel mills in Asia-Pacific, Europe and South America. The main Asian demand centres are India, China and Japan. Argus assesses delivered prices to China, as well as covering the domestic market in dollars and yuan, because there can be key differences between prices at the ports and local levels even after accounting for freight costs.

The fob Hampton Roads assessments (for high and low-volatile matter) represent another key export centre, on the US east coast. Colombia is an increasingly important exporter for Latin America and Argus launches the world's first published index for Colombian coking coal export prices with the report. The report assesses the price of mid-volatile coal at export terminals along the Caribbean coast.

"We are glad to add coking coal to our range of energy and fertilizer reports. We have worked closely with the industry to develop a service that can meet the growing need for benchmark and risk management services," Argus Media chairman and chief executive Adrian Binks said.

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