Govt's coal reference price for April at $105.61
Friday, April 6 2012 - 02:24 AM WIB
The government's monthly Coal Price Reference (HBA) for April 2012 stands at US$105.61 FOB vessel, lower compared to $112.87 per ton in March, the Directorate General of Mineral, Coal and Geothermal announced on Wednesday.
The HBA is the price cited for the delivery period of April 1-30. 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.
| 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 | 113,59 |
| 2 | Prima Coal | 6,700 | 12.0 | 0.6 | 5.0 | 111,86 |
| 3 | Pinang 6150 | 6,200 | 14.5 | 0.6 | 5.5 | 100,85 |
| 4 | Indominco IM_East | 5,700 | 17.5 | 1.6 | 4.8 | 86,15 |
| 5 | Melawan Coal | 5,400 | 22.5 | 0.4 | 5.0 | 81,59 |
| 6 | Envirocoal | 5,000 | 26.0 | 0.1 | 1.2 | 75,50 |
| 7 | Jorong J-1 | 4,400 | 32.0 | 0.3 | 4.2 | 60,87 |
| 8 | Jorong J-1 | 4,200 | 35.0 | 0.2 | 3.9 | 55,26 |
Editing by David Mustakim