Coal prices flat except in Illinois basin

摘要

US coal market prices were mixed last week, with an uptick indemand pushing prices higher in the Illinois basin.But prices were mostly stagnant across the other regions.Moderate weather caused overall power demand to fall lastweek, resulting in less coal consumption at US utilities.Coal demand could rise as a cooler-than-normal weatherpattern takes hold of the US later this week, private forecasterCommodity Weather Group said on 12 April.