Platts to launch new US thermal coal export assessments

摘要

S&P Global Platts will launch three new assessments to reflect the value of US thermal coal for export from three terminals along the West Coast of the US and Canada, from October 18. The assessments will publish daily with the following specifications: n FOB Long Beach, 6,000 kcal/kg NAR, 0.5% sulfur; n FOB Oakland, 6,000 kcal/kg NAR, 0.5% sulfur; n FOB Vancouver, 5,000 kcal/kg NAR, 0.5% sulfur; The assessments will be based on trades, bids, offers and indications of market value. In the absence of transactional data, Platts will consider the economics of transportation and transloading, paired with Platts’ existing assessments for US thermal coal in the Rockies and a new Powder River Basin assessment (see adjacent proposal note).