S&P Global Platts launches four daily FOB assessments for US physical thermal coal in Coal Trader and Coal Trader International on July 22, 2019.This methodology change, converting the existing weekly assessments to daily, impacts the following assessments and codes:

This methodology change impact the following assessments and codes:

FOB Baltimore, 6,900 kcal/kg NAR, 3% sulfur (CUATB04);

FOB Baltimore, 6,000 kcal/kg NAR, 3% sulfur (CUADA04);

FOB Hampton Roads, 6,000 kcal/kg NAR, 1% sulfur (CUAEA04);

FOB New Orleans, 6,000 kcal/kg NAR, 3% sulfur (CUAFA04).

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