Coal, Metals & Mining Theme, Metallurgical Coal, Ferrous

November 13, 2024

Platts clarifies basis location of metallurgical coal FOB Australia brand relativities

Platts, part of S&P Global Commodity Insights, clarifies that the basis location of its metallurgical coal brand relativities on an FOB Australia basis is Hay Point, Australia.

The basis location of Hay Point, Australia, is in alignment with that of the Premium Low Vol HCC FOB Australia (PLVHA00) assessment, which is the basis of the calculation of the relativities.

The assessments and symbols concerned are:

Brand Relativity (FOB Australia) Symbol Monthly Average Symbol
Goonyella C HCGNA00 HCGNA03
Goonyella HCGOA00 HCGOA03
GLV HCHCA00 HCHCA03
Illawarra HCIWA00 HCIWA03
Moranbah North HCMOA00 HCMOA03
Oaky North HCOKA00 HCOKA03
Peak Downs HCPDA00 HCPDA03
Riverside HCRVA00 HCRVA03
Saraji HCSAA00 HCSAA03
Caval Ridge HCCRA00 HCCRA03

The relativities are published on STL1064 and STL1066 of Platts Steel Alert, in SBB Steel Market Daily, Coal Trader International and in the Platts price database.

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