Platts to discontinue thermal coal FOB China assessments from April 1

S&P Global Platts will discontinue its daily yuan per metric ton and the US dollar per metric ton equivalent FOB Qinhuangdao assessments for Chinese domestic thermal coal grades 5,500 kcal/kg NAR (PCC 1) and 5,000 kcal/kg NAR (PCC 2) along with the associated monthly and quarterly averages with effect from April 1, 2020.

S&P Global Platts will discontinue these assessments to focus on the more liquid international import and export markets.

Platts first proposed this change in a subscriber note published December 16, 2019: http://plts.co/SfXx30qb0Kx

Platts understands that the dynamics of the Chinese domestic thermal coal market are important for the analysis of the supply and demand situation in China, and will thus still continue to provide the latest coverage of the domestic market, including domestic thermal coal policy updates and customs data, in our news articles and daily commentaries.

The assessments that will be discontinued from April 1 are published under the following codes:

They are published in Coal Trader International (CTI) page 1 and Global Coal Alert (GCA) pages 810 and 820.

Please send all comments or questions to coal@spglobal.com and pricegroup@spglobal.com.

For written comments, please provide a clear indication if comments are not intended for publication by Platts for public viewing.

Platts will consider all comments received and will make comments not marked as confidential available to the public upon request.