The Australian coking coal market faces low business activity in the middle of the week. Q4 benchmark prices havefallen, which makes market players even more pessimistic. Coal miners are ready to offer volumes unsold underquarterly contracts for spot deliveries, which worsens the oversupply. Asian consumers are playing a waiting game,expecting prices to drop further. European steelmakers keep discussing terms of long-term contracts. Premiumqualitycoal is still being assessed at $79-84/t FOB.
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机译：澳大利亚炼焦煤市场在本周中旬面临较低的业务活动。第四季度的基准价格下降了，这使得市场参与者更加悲观。煤矿工人已准备好提供未交付的季度交货合同来现货交货，这加剧了供过于求的状况。亚洲消费者正在等待游戏，期望价格进一步下降。欧洲钢铁制造商一直在讨论长期合同的条款。优质煤的评估价仍为$ 79-84 / t FOB。
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