Restocking demand lifts some seaborne met coal prices

摘要

Asian tier-two hard coking coal and pulverized coalinjection material spot prices edged higher Friday on tighter availabilityand reasonable demand from Chinese steelmakers. But persistentdoubts remained over whether Chinese end-users would continuetheir restocking activities that kicked off at the start of the month.Premium low-vol hard coking coal prices were steady at $80.50/mtCFR China Friday. This equates to $75.05/mt FOB Australia, afteraccounting for Panamax freight.