SUBSCRIBER NOTE: Platts launches new US FOB coal assessments

Effective April 6, Platts has launched FOB assessments for US physical thermal coal. The new assessments are published on a weekly basis on Fridays in Global Coal Alert Page 360, Coal Trader and Coal Trader International.

The assessments are based on trades, bids and offers heard in the market as well as indications of value from market participants.

The assessments are in $/mt with the following specifications:

FOB Baltimore, 6,944 kcal/kg NAR, 2.6% sulfur; CUAAA04 FOB Hampton Roads, 6,667 kcal/kg NAR, 1% sulfur; CUABA04 FOB Gulf Coast, 6,111 kcal/kg NAR, 2.9% sulfur; CUACA04

Platts also launched additional assessments normalizing each of the products to 6,000 kcal/kg NAR. Monthly and quarterly averages are also available for all of the assessments.

The following symbol codes are available from April 6, 2018:

CUAAA04 Thermal Coal FOB Baltimore 13000 Btu/lb GAR 2.6%S $/mt Wkly CUABA04 Thermal Coal FOB Hampton Roads 12500 Btu/lb GAR 1%S $/mt Wkly CUACA04 Thermal Coal FOB New Orleans 11500 Btu/lb GAR 2.9%S $/mt Wkly CUADA04 Thermal Coal FOB Baltimore 6000 kcal/kg NAR $/mt Wkly CUAEA04 Thermal Coal FOB Hampton Roads 6000 kcal/kg NAR $/mt Wkly CUAFA04 Thermal Coal FOB New Orleans 6000 kcal/kg NAR $/mt Wkly CUAAA05 Thermal Coal FOB Baltimore 13000 Btu/lb GAR 2.6%S $/mt QAvg CUABA05 Thermal Coal FOB Hampton Roads 12500 Btu/lb GAR 1%S $/mt QAvg CUACA05 Thermal Coal FOB New Orleans 11500 Btu/lb GAR 2.9%S $/mt QAvg CUADA05 Thermal Coal FOB Baltimore 6000 kcal/kg NAR $/mt QAvg CUAEA05 Thermal Coal FOB Hampton Roads 6000 kcal/kg NAR $/mt QAvg CUAFA05 Thermal Coal FOB New Orleans 6000 kcal/kg NAR $/mt QAvg CUAAA03 Thermal Coal FOB Baltimore 13000 Btu/lb GAR 2.6%S $/mt MAvg CUABA03 Thermal Coal FOB Hampton Roads 12500 Btu/lb GAR 1%S $/mt MAvg CUACA03 Thermal Coal FOB New Orleans 11500 Btu/lb GAR 2.9%S $/mt MAvg CUADA03 Thermal Coal FOB Baltimore 6000 kcal/kg NAR $/mt MAvg CUAEA03 Thermal Coal FOB Hampton Roads 6000 kcal/kg NAR $/mt MAvg CUAFA03 Thermal Coal FOB New Orleans 6000 kcal/kg NAR $/mt MAvg