SUBSCRIBER NOTE: Replacement of the Qinhuangdao coal price

S&P Global Platts will discontinue the Qinhuangdao Coal $/MMBtu price conversion (code: LSAGH00) and replace it with the new JKT Coal Price Index $/MMBtu conversion, effective January 27, 2017.

Platts has decided to launch JKT, a new North East Asian Thermal Coal price index, based on seaborne delivery to Japan, South Korea and Taiwan. The new daily JKT index will reflect trade in thermal coal with a calorific value of 5,750 kcal/kg Net As Received [NAR] on a CFR basis traded in the spot market, for delivery in a 15-60 day forward window in a standard Panamax vessel of 75,000 mt and on cost and freight, or CFR basis.

The new $/MMBtu conversion of this price will appear in LNG Daily, and Platts Natural Gas Alert page 1024.

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