Platts introduces hard coking coal Goonyella spec

Commodity: Coal Region: Asia

The following codes were created in dispatch category MC.

They represent daily assessments and monthly averages of hard coking coal Goonyella spec.

Daily assessments will be published on PMA page 1051, in Steel Markets Daily, Coal Trader International, International Coal Report and Platts dispatch.

HCC = Hard Coking Coal

Launch date is scheduled for August 2, 2010.

DISP SYMBOL BATES DEC FREQ CURR UOM DESCRIPTION MC HCCGI00 u 2 DW USD MT HCC Goonyella CFR India MC HCCGI03 c 2 MA USD MT HCC Goonyella CFR India MAvg MC HCCGC00 u 2 DW USD MT HCC Goonyella CFR China MC HCCGC03 c 2 MA USD MT HCC Goonyella CFR China MAvg MC HCCGA00 u 2 DW USD MT HCC Goonyella FOB Australia MC HCCGA03 c 2 MA USD MT HCC Goonyella FOB Australia MAvg

Please be advised that also effective August 2, 2010, the following daily codes, weekly average codes and monthly average codes, will only publish the 'c' bate (midpoint). There will be NO high-low ranges after August 2, 2010.

DISP SYMBOL BATES DEC FREQ CURR UOM DESCRIPTION MC HCCCH00 c 3 DW USD MT Hard Coking Coal CFR China MC HCCCH04 c 3 WA USD MT Hard Coking Coal CFR China WAvg MC HCCCH03 c 3 MA USD MT Hard Coking Coal CFR China MAvg MC HCCIN00 c 2 DW USD MT Hard Coking Coal CFR India MC HCCIN04 c 2 WA USD MT Hard Coking Coal CFR India WAvg MC HCCIN03 c 2 MA USD MT Hard Coking Coal CFR India MAvg MC HCCAU00 c 3 DW USD MT Hard Coking Coal FOB Australia MC HCCAU04 c 3 WA USD MT Hard Coking Coal FOB Australia WAvg MC HCCAU03 c 3 MA USD MT Hard Coking Coal FOB Australia MAvg