01 Apr 2022 | 03:00 UTC

S&P Global Commodity Insights renames certain Platts metallurgical coke assessments

S&P Global Commodity Insights has renamed certain Platts metallurgical coke assessments, effective April 1, 2022.

The renaming follows market feedback and aims to better align the various metallurgical coke price assessments and calculations on FOB China and CFR India basis, and on a Chinese domestic basis.

The decision to change was published Feb. 4, 2022, in a subscriber note available here: https://www.spglobal.com/commodity-insights/en/our-methodology/subscriber-notes/020422-platts-to-rename-certain-metallurgical-coke-assessments

The changes were initially proposed Dec. 13, 2021, in a subscriber note available here: https://www.spglobal.com/platts/en/our-methodology/subscriber-notes/121321-platts-proposes-to-rename-certain-metallurgical-coke-assessments

The new names of the metallurgical coke assessments are:

Current Name

New Name

Symbol

Coke 12.5% Ash DDP North China Yuan/mt

Met Coke 62/60 CSR DDP North China Yuan/mt

AAWVJ00

Coke 12.5% Ash DDP North China

Met Coke 62/60 CSR DDP North China

AAWVK00

Met Coke 62% CSR FOB North China Equivalent

Met Coke 62/60 CSR FOB North China Equivalent

PLVHM04

Met Coke 62% CSR Export-Domestic FOB North China Differential

Met Coke 62/60 CSR Export-Domestic FOB North China Differential

PLVHN04

Coke 12.5% Ash FOB Tianjin China

Met Coke 64/62 CSR FOB North China

AAWVL00

Met Coke CFR East India

Met Coke 64/62 CSR CFR India

MCCEI00

The affected assessments are published in SBB Steel Markets Daily, Coal Trader International, on the real-time Platts Steel, Raw Materials Alert on fixed pages 205 and 1052, and in the Platts price database under the symbols mentioned above.

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