Tighter supply, BMA force majeure fears boost HCC

摘要

An absence of spot Australian coking coal cargoes and growing speculation about a possible force majeure declaration for May deliveries from BHP Billiton-Mitsubishi Alliance provided some degree of support to tradable values Thursday, sources said. Several coal users and traders said Thursday they believed BMA could declare force majeure on May shipments, though several contract holders had not received any notification.