Govt's coal reference price at $117.21 in August

Thursday, August 4 2011 - 04:07 AM WIB

The government's monthly coal price reference (HBA) for August 2011 stood at US$117.21 FOB vessel, lower compared to $118.24 per tonne in July, the Directorate General of Mineral, Coal and Geothermal announced on Wednesday.

The HBA is the price cited for the delivery period of August 1-31. Price for term contract is the average HBA over the past three months.

Coal price reference is based on coal with GCV (GAR) of 6,322 kcal/kg.

HBA is calculated from the monthly average of four international coal indices: Indonesian coal index/ICI 1, Platts-1, New Castle Export Index and Newcastle Global Coal Index. (kanti)

No Brand Specification ?Price*
CV (kcal/kg, GAR) Total Moisture (%ar) Total Sulphur (%) Ash (%)
1. Gunung Bayan I 7,000 10.0 1.0 15.0 126.16
2. Prima Coal 6,700 12.0 0.6 5.0 123.62
3. Pinang 6150 6,200 14.5 0.6 5.5 111.43
4. Indominco IM_East 5,700 17.5 1.6 4.8 95.53
5. Melawan Coal 5,400 22.5 0.4 5.0 89.94
6. Envirocoal 5,000 26.0 0.1 1.2 82.88
7. Jorong J-1 4,400 32.0 0.3 4.2 66.84
8. Ecocoal 4,200 35.0 0.2 3.9 60.57

Source: Directorate General of Mineral, Coal and Geothermal at The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources

Note: * Marker price for evaluation of August 2011 price

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