US coal prices slip, longtermsupply questioned

摘要

Low-volatile prices in theAtlantic met coal market followed otherregions lower Thursday, as buyers playedoffers off against each other.A US low-vol with high CSR scores andsome wall pressure was heard tradingclose to the Platts US low-vol benchmark.Normalizing for quality, the coal looked tobe getting a significant premium overAustralian top quality HCCs currently tradingin the mid-$80s FOB range.