coking coal

Mozambique Mining: Vale Moatize thermal coal sales suprise, coking disapoints

Posted on August 14, 2018August 14, 2018 by Mozambique Resources Post

During the second quarter of this year (2Q18), Brazilian mining major Vale’s coal business achieved earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (Ebitda) of $45-million.

Mozambique Mining: Jindal Africa disobeys court order on coal terminal closure

Posted on June 15, 2017June 15, 2017 by Mozambique Resources Post

Radio Mozambique has reported that Indian company Jindal Africa has failed to comply with a court order ordering it to stop coal stockpiling activities at its Chirodzi mine, in the Moatize district of Mozambique’s Tete province. The order was issued by the Tete provincial court.

Global Mining: Coking coal price slides to 8-month low, Mozambique to benefit

Posted on June 14, 2017 by Mozambique Resources Post

The price of coking coal dropped on Monday with the industry benchmark price tracked by the Steel Index down 1.1% to $146.20 a tonne as supply returns to normal levels following tropical storms in Australia in March.

Global Markets: Coking coal price soars past $300

Posted on April 11, 2017 by Mozambique Resources Post

The market for coking coal took another leap on Monday with the steelmaking raw material surging more than 6% to $300.30 (Australia free-on-board premium hard coking coal tracked by the Steel Index), a 19-week high.

Global Coal Market: Coking coal prices go gangbusters — up almost 150%

Posted on September 16, 2016 by Mozambique Resources Post

Prices of coking coal, the steel-making kind, keep soaring mainly due to slowing supply growth from China. Far seems to be the multi-year lows struck in February, as the commodity has surged almost 150% since then, adding Tuesday a whooping $14.80 per tonne, according to The Steel Index.

Coal Markets: India demand for coking coal to rocket

Posted on November 27, 2014 by Mozambique Resources Post

BHP Billiton has predicted a booming market for its Australian metallurgical coal operations as India begins to suck in imports for its fast-growing steel industry.

Markets: Coking coal prices to remain lacklustre on inadequate supply cuts

Posted on November 26, 2014 by Mozambique Resources Post

Seaborne metallurgical coal prices were expected to remain under pressure in the near term as the effects of production cuts announced earlier this year have yet to be felt, market insiders said this week. “It’s bearish sentiment all round,” a producer source told Steel First on the sidelines of an industry conference in Berlin, Germany, on November 17-19.

SteelFirst: China’s coking coal imports to halve by 2020, CLSA says

Posted on November 20, 2014 by Mozambique Resources Post

Chinese imports of coking coal are forecast to decline to just 30 million tpy by 2020 from 60-70 million tpy now, according to equity broker CLSA. This is due to the broker’s expectation that the country’s steel consumption will peak before the end of this decade as urbanisation slows, and infrastructure and construction demand start to decline. In addition, ex-China demand will draw supply away from the world’s second-largest economy, CLSA said in a recent research…

Mining Tax & Finance: Outlook divided in Asian met coal spot market on abolition of Chinese tax

Posted on November 20, 2014 by Mozambique Resources Post

The Asian seaborne metallurgical coal spot market on Monday November 17 was divided on the removal of China’s import tax on coal under the country’s free-trade agreement with Australia. After officially concluding its negotiations with Australia on the pact on Monday, China has agreed to lower the duties it recently started imposing on imports of coking coal and thermal coal.

About Mozambique openning to new round of coal bids

Posted on May 27, 2014 by Mozambique Resources Post

Mozambique Mineral Resources Minister Esperanca Bias said Monday the southern African nation will open bidding on new exploration licences for coal soon. “We will issue new bidding as we are going to revoke some licenses where the holders didn’t fulfill contractual requirements,” Bias said.