Commodity Market Report
Metallurgical coal market short-term outlook August 2021
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Report summary
Strong steel margins clashed with substantial supply tightness in China and beyond. The result was all time record highs for domestic and CFR China coal prices. In the wake, PLV HCC FOB Australia prices rode the wave higher as importers and traders outside of China snapped up limited spot cargoes. Suppliers outside of Australia remain fixated on the lucrative Chinese market and their contract customers with little spot availability. Coke prices remain high, helping to buoy HCC prices. China’s mission to keep 2021 crude steel production levels below 2020 is proving to be a challenge. They will have to make every effort if they hope to limit carbon emissions while maintaining economic momentum. Will they actually achieve it? The ramifications are vast. China’s supply response, highly uncertain at this stage, dictates the direction of prices in China and beyond and shows the last four months of 2021 are fraught with ambiguity.
Table of contents
- Chinese supply woes continue
- Supply outside China remains hamstringed
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Outlook: supply tightness to remain a feature of the market
- Chinese domestic supply hindered by capacity limits, but upside remains a risk
- Australian supply improvements in the pipeline as other producers remain flat-out
- China fails to curb steel production below 2020 levels
- PCI & SSCC: riding high on steel demand and lofty thermal coal prices
- China: steel production cuts picking up pace, but will they stick?
- China: tight domestic coal supply fuels string of coke price hikes
- China: decelerating industrial production highlights weakening economic indicators
- China: demand in upcoming peak property period to test production curb commitment
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Tables and charts
This report includes the following images and tables:
- Key prices - history & quarterly forecasts (US$/t nominal)
- Indian coke exports and imports
- Global and Chinese crude steel production (Mt)
- Global and Chinese blast furnace hot metal production (Mt)
- Crude steel production - ex-China producers (Mt)
- Blast furnace hot metal production - ex-China producers (Mt)
- Queensland ports: Metallurgical coal exports (Mt per month)
- US metallurgical coal exports to China
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