SUBSCRIBER NOTE: Proposal to discontinue monthly coking coal 90-day forward assessments

Platts is proposing to discontinue its monthly coking coal 90-day forward price assessments published in Coal Trader International, having determined that the monthly assessments have been superseded by the onset and acceptance of Platts daily metallurgical coal assessments. Platts intends to end publication of these monthly assessments on August 29, 2014. Please provide any questions or comments by July 31, 2014 to 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 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