SUBSCRIBER NOTE: Platts launches daily coking coal swaps forward curve

Following industry feedback, Platts on May 12 began assessing a daily coking coal swaps forward curve, which will complement Platts' suite of physical metallurgical coal assessments. Platts assesses the value of swaps at the 5:30 pm close in Singapore (0930 GMT) for contracts three months forward, three quarters forward and one calendar year forward, settled basis the Platts Premium Low Vol FOB Australia assessment. These values are published in SBB Steel Markets Daily and Coal Trader International and are available through Platts Market Data. All comments and questions should be addressed via email to Julien Hall, julien.hall@platts.com, with a cc to cokingcoal@platts.com and pricegroup@platts.com.