Japan’s JFe settles Q1 semi-soft coking coal contract at $131/mt FOB Australia

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Japanese steelmaker JFE Steel has settled its first-quarter 2019 contract for semi-soft coking coal at $131/mt FOB Australia early this week, up $1/mt from Q4 2018, market sources said Wednesday. The contract was settled with Stanmore Coal for Isaac Plains semi- soft coking coal, market sources said. But quarterly settlement prices for other brands of semi-soft such as Bloomsfield and Yancoal’s semi- soft were not heard Wednesday.