Thermal coal price stability. Overall more recent hot weather, residential electricity consumption has been in high coal consumption has entered the peak period. However, as pre-plant inventory is relatively stable, with the major coal enterprises in coal are key protection, so the current market coal supply and demand situation is more stable. Late weather will continue to follow the hot weather, coastal market trend down media will be inhibited. Hang Hau difficult to clear the price ups and downs, ranging from difficult to more than $ 20 / ton. Market coal supply is limited by the impact of resources to continue tight. Price of coking coal market as a whole remained stable.
Recently, Shandong, Hebei and Shanxi provinces began to pick up the coke price continues, some companies have raised prices of their products, other companies also plan to raise. Stimulation in the coke market, coking coal market, although not the actual situation to take the goods without significant changes, but has begun to restore market confidence. The latter part of the downstream steel market trend will be more critical, and the prices could continue or to end the demand for steel, the only signs of improvement in the current market circumstances, the coking coal market needs further by watching.
Anthracite market running smoothly. Downstream market is currently spending the off-season, chemical demand is low, but coal still in the upstream, downstream led to the current tug of war continues. Many traders have started the recent coal storage, this part is mainly used for civil, so the market resources, slightly nervous. In this case, coal prices are not likely to fall, the price of anthracite is still difficult or easy to rise, and this may also be maintained for a long time.
PCI coal market price temporarily stable. Profitability of the downstream steel mills now still no significant improvement, restricted financial pressure on raw material procurement more cautious, so now take the goods of injection coal is relatively stable, short-term injection coal price is expected to continue to stabilize the main.