13 Dec 2021 | 00:36 UTC

Platts proposes to rename certain metallurgical coke assessments

S&P Global Platts proposes to rename Coke 12.5% Ash FOB Tianjin China, Met Coke CFR East India, Coke 12.5% Ash DDP North China Yuan/mt, Coke 12.5% Ash DDP North China, Met Coke 62% CSR FOB North China Equivalent and Met Coke 62% CSR Export-Domestic FOB North China Differential, effective April 1, 2022.

The renaming of the assessments aims to better align the various metallurgical coke price assessments and calculations on FOB China and CFR India basis, and on a Chinese domestic basis.

The proposed renaming of the metallurgical coke assessments would include:

Current Name

Proposed Name

Symbol

Coke 12.5% Ash DDP North China Yuan/mt

Met Coke 62/60 CSR DDP North China Yuan/mt

AAWVJ00

Coke 12.5% Ash DDP North China

Met Coke 62/60 CSR DDP North China

AAWVK00

Met Coke 62% CSR FOB North China Equivalent

Met Coke 62/60 CSR FOB North China Equivalent

PLVHM04

Met Coke 62% CSR Export-Domestic FOB North China Differential

Met Coke 62/60 CSR Export-Domestic FOB North China Differential

PLVHN04

Coke 12.5% Ash FOB Tianjin China

Met Coke 64/62 CSR FOB North China

AAWVL00

Met Coke CFR East India

Met Coke 64/62 CSR CFR India

MCCEI00

The affected assessments are published in SBB Steel Markets Daily, Coal Trader International, on the real-time Platts Steel, Raw Materials Alert on fixed pages 205 and 1052, and in the Platts price database under the symbols mentioned above.

Please send comments, questions and other feedback on this proposal by Feb. 1, 2022, to pl_cokingcoal@spglobal.com and pricegroup@spglobal.com.

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