October is the traditional demand for coal is low season, but from the main origin to the port, the coal market is not short off-season. Analysis of industry experts, the next two months, will welcome the coal supply and demand high, annual coal prices or maintain a rising trend.

　　October 19th, the ring Bohai power coal price index closed at 577 yuan / ton, continue to brush the highest record in the new year, to achieve sixteen even up, compared with the beginning of 206 tons of coal rose yuan. Qinhuangdao Coal Network Analyst Li Xuegang said, compared with the previous reporting period, the coal prices rose somewhat narrowed, showing with the advanced production capacity gradually released, the market sentiment strengthened on recent coal market speculation and speculation of a certain effect, but the positive factors to support prices still exist.

　　Place of origin, the latest release of China Taiyuan coal trading price index for 120.23 points, up 5.82%. Although the power coal prices rose narrowed, but coking coal, coal supply remains tight, prices continue to rise sharply, some areas of price rises in 60 yuan per ton to 140 yuan.

　　National Bureau of statistics, the latest data show that the first 9 months of the country's coal production enterprises above designated size decreased by 2.9 tons, down 10.5%. Affected by 276 working days and other factors, from the spring with low season coal to the summer season with coal, coal market this year, the supply and demand of two weak to weak demand for strong change.

　　Coal industry experts said Wang Yun, October is the traditional low season, the national key power plant coal storage has reached 60 million tons, the number of days of coastal power plant coal storage can be as high as 23 days. But due to tight supply of coal, the Datong Qinhuangdao railway in centralized maintenance, the port of stored coal continued to remain low, the coal market is not short off-season. With the advanced capacity of over 276 working days to increase production and supply, the next two months, or usher in a coal supply and demand is expected to double, coastal coal city will maintain the balance of supply and demand situation, the annual coal prices maintained a rising trend is almost a foregone conclusion.