Benchmark: Premium hard coking coal, FOB Australia. The same tonne prices differently by origin — freight, quality, sanctions and policy set the differential. Deep dive →
| Origin | Basis | Market note |
|---|---|---|
🇦🇺 Queensland Australia · premium HCC reference | FOB DBCTBenchmark | Peak coke strength — the quality benchmark |
🇺🇸 East Coast USA · swing exporter | FOB Hampton Roads | High-vol grades; Atlantic freight advantage to Europe |
🇲🇳 Gobi Mongolia · China-only | DAP Ganqimaodu | Landlocked — truck/rail to China at a structural discount |
Origin notes are qualitative context. Dollar differentials are not shown, because no public differential series is attached.
Track physical flows on the live vessel map →Coking Coal is traded in the energy minerals segment. The series on this page is the named public source, not a live feed. Physical parcels of Coking Coal can be sourced or placed through the Off Market desk, listed openly on the Marketplace, or intermediated by a specialist broker.
Well-supplied inventories and mild weather weighed on seaborne thermal coal, while coking coal held up on restocking by mills.