Platts proposes to rename Platts NEAT Coal Index to Platts NEAT on June 3

S&P Global Platts is proposing to rename Platts North East Asia Thermal (NEAT) Coal Index to Platts North East Asia Thermal (NEAT), with effect from June 3, 2020.

The proposed renaming is to provide a better reflection of NEAT as a calculated assessment with limited spot liquidity. The underlying methodology for the NEAT assessment will remain unchanged.

The affected assessment and its price database codes are as follow:

These assessments appear in Coal Trader International (CTI) page 1 and Global Coal Alert (GCA) pages 410 and 425.

Please send all comments or questions to coal@spglobal.com and pricegroup@spglobal.com by May 4, 2020.

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.