SUBSCRIBER NOTE: Platts launches daily metallurgical coal relativity assessment series

After period of industry consultation and feedback, Platts has launched relativity assessments for metallurgical coal brands on a daily basis starting December 14, 2015.

The assessments are designed to reflect the daily tradeable values of up to 17 metallurgical coal brands in the spot market. This is an extension to the existing monthly brand relativity assessments table, which has a data series dating back to May 2013.

The assessments are assessed on a US dollar/mt CFR China basis. The assessments will appear in Platts Metal Alert and Steel Markets Daily. Any further feedback or questions should be directed to cokingcoal@platts.com with a cc to pricegroup@platts.com. For any comments, please direct them to cokingcoal@platts.com and pricegroup@platts.com