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Thermal coal price trends mixed in China's domestic market over December 1-10, with low-calorific coal maintaining the downtrend while prices of high-calorific coal ticking up slightly, showed the latest data from the National Bureau of Statistics.
Anthracite prices continued to fall, but at a much slower pace. Coking coal prices sustained the rally, though the growth rate narrowed obviously.
Specifically, prices of washed medium-lump anthracite with volatile content ≤ 8% averaged 1,192.5 yuan/t during December 1-10, down 20.0 yuan/t or 1.6% from the last ten days of November.
Ordinary mixed thermal coal from Shanxi with calorific value 4,500 Kcal/kg NAR was sold at 716.8 yuan/t in the same period, edging down 0.6 yuan/t or 0.1% from the previous session.
Prices of Shanxi 5,000 Kcal/kg NAR mixed coal were 820.8 yuan/t in early December, keeping flat from late November.
Premium Shanxi mixed 5,500 Kcal/kg NAR thermal coal was traded at 940.5 yuan/t, up 4.9 yuan/t or 0.5% from November 21-30.
Prices of 5,800 Kcal/kg NAR thermal coal produced in Shanxi's Datong gained 4.6 yuan/t or 0.5% to 991.5 yuan/t in the first ten days of December.
Those of primary coking coal with sulfur content <1% averaged 2,525.0 yuan/t in the period, increasing 87.5 yuan/t or 3.6% from late November.
Over December 1-10, Quasi Grade I metallurgical coke was sold at 2,312.9 yuan/t, growing 62.5 yuan/t or 2.8% from the preceding session, data showed.
(Writing by Shengnan Liu Editing by Emma Yang)
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