News & Trends
US benchmark coal down by USD 20 - 04 Jul, 2008
Reuters reported that US benchmark coal has fallen sharply, with Big Sandy barge coal down as much as USD 20, mirroring a European sell off.

Coal & Energy Price Report said that New York Mercantile Exchange Q1 2009 Big Sandy barge coal prices traded as low USD 120 before rebounding a bit.

Railroad delivered coal on the CSX system also was reported down but not as much.

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Announcements
0blt1 Tokyo Steel reduces September prices
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0blt1 Feng Hsin to drop rebar and section prices
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News And Trends
0blt1 Steel prices in India continue to go down
0blt1 Oil falls to USD 112
Export And Import Levels
0blt1 Newcastle coal exports prices recover last week
0blt1 Chinese HDG exports suspended
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Trade Issues
0blt1 Vietnam to hike mining tax
0blt1 Russian cement producers call for 30% import duty
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0blt1 China increases electricity prices for second straight month
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Price Index - MEA
  Aug-18 Aug-17
LPPI 8805 8805 Same
FPPI 9521 9521 Same
MEASPI 9022 9022 Same
What is it?
Currency Rates
21 Aug, 2008
USD 1.0000
AUD 1.1476
BRL 1.6225
CAD 1.0618
CNY 6.8447
EUR 0.6780
GBP 0.5368
INR 43.6940
JPY 109.8920
RUB 24.4297
ZAR 7.7442
Source: OANDA.com
Metal Prices
20 Aug, 2008
Cash Seller & Settlement
Zn 1692
Ni 18750
Sn 19895
Al 2700
Cu 7476
Source: LME.co.uk
Baltic Dry Index
20 Aug, 2008
BDI 7344
BCI 11710
BPI 6330
BSI 4370
Source: DryShips.com
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