SUBSCRIBER NOTE: Platts to discontinue monthly Coking Coal 90-day forward assessments

Following market consultation, Platts announces it will discontinue its monthly Coking Coal 90-day forward price assessments currently published in Coal Trader International, having determined that they have been superseded by the onset and acceptance of Platts' daily metallurgical coal assessments.

The last assessments will be published on August 29, 2014. The data series will remain available as market data, with no further updates effective after August 29, 2014.

For further information, please contact the coal desk at coal@platts.com with a cc to pricegroup@platts.com.

The assessments to be discontinued are as follows: Coking Coal Spot Assessments (US$/MT)

VM Sulfur Ash Code UNITED STATES Hampton Roads 17-20 0.8 6 CCADA00 23-25 0.7 7 CCADC00 28-32 0.8 7 CCADI00 34-36 1 7 CCADB00 East Coast (Blend) 23-30 1 8 CCACO00

CANADA West Coast 19-24 0.5 9 CCABB00 25-29 0.5 9 CCABC00 (semi-soft) 20-25 0.6 11.5 CCABG00

AUSTRALIA NSW 25-28 0.5 9 CCAAH00 (semi-soft) 31-37 0.4 9 CCAAJ00 Queensland 17-22 0.7 9 CCAAO00 23-30 0.6 9 CCAAP00 31+ 0.7 7 CCAAR00 (PCI) 14 0.5 8.5 CCAAI00

POLAND 25-31 0.7 7 CCABQ00 (semi-soft) 32-37 1 9 CCABU00

RUSSIA Pacific Coast 17-19 0.6 9 CCABZ00 19-21 0.4 9 CCACA00 Baltic 28+ 0.6 9 CCABX00

CHINA 23-30 1 8 CCABK00 30+ 0.8 8 CCABR00

SOUTH AFRICA (PCI) 30-35 0.5 8 CCACE00

INDONESIA (PCI) 36-40 0.5 4 CCABO00

COLOMBIA (PCI) 30-35 0.7 8 CCABN00

VENEZUELA (PCI) 30-35 0.8 7 CCADJ00