According to industry sources, the price of coal merged program has been approved by the State Council, the fastest will be issued on Friday to the relevant units. Coal price of the merger will be canceled coal focus of the contract instead of the medium-and long-term contracts. But power companies want tariff real-time linkage will come to nothing, the program only said it would continue to improve the coal and electricity price linkage mechanism appear interim measures in accordance with the law, volatility in coal prices. 

It is understood that the coal enterprises in 2013 orders will be held one after another. According to the source, the key coal enterprises in Shanxi contract unification of practice for the 2012 key contract amount and market trading volume for the basis of the amount of the contract signed in 2013 with coal enterprises. An appropriate increase in coal price than the original focus of the contract price, the price of coal enterprises wish to increase the amplitude range, the highest bit to 35 yuan per ton price increase. 

The current point of view, the key coal contract price on the basis of the original increase in coal prices and the latest market price is already very close. The seaborne coal December 5, the latest data show that the ports in the Bohai Sea region calorific value of 5500 kcal steam coal market average price closed at 640 yuan / ton, unchanged from the previous one. Among them, the Qinhuangdao Port quasi maintain the level of 5500 kcal heat the steam coal market trading price of 635 yuan / ton. 

Xue-Gang Li, general manager of Qinhuangdao coal trading market for the current coal market supply and demand, according to the recent major shipping port of Qinhuangdao Bohai Rim Anchorage coal to be loaded ships consistently low number, to show the level of activity of the coastal areas of thermal coal supply and demand is not high, the market thermal coal prices remain downward pressure. But at the same time, due to the domestic economic situation is being further improved to promote the increase in the consumption of electricity, coal and other energy. 

Scheduling caliber data released by the State Electricity Regulatory Commission, as of November 28, the 11 month cumulative generating capacity increased by 7.41 percent, the highest this year, the highest growth rate. At the same time, the end of November, the coal inventory of major power generation companies available days less than 10 at the end of five days, the stock eased the pressure on the market price of steam coal, and will help improve the electric power enterprise's coal procurement enthusiasm.