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South African June thermal coal exports go down 7% on-year to 4.6 million mt.

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Paaske Strickland
South Africa exported 4.6 million mt of thermal coal during June, dropping 7.1% on the year and dropping 31% from May's five-month high, according to customizeds data Monday.

The month-to-month volume was the lowest since Platts began receiving custom-mades information in April 2014.

The year-on-year decrease could be credited to flagging exports to Europe as well as Turkey, while the month-on-month decline resulted from declining exports to India.

India continued to be the largest customer of South African thermal coal throughout June, with exports to the country climbing 26% on the year, although shipments fell 25% from May.

During the very first half of 2015, South Africa has actually exported 35.68 million mt of thermal coal, of which half-- 17.86 million mt-- has actually been shipped to India.

Month-to-month thermal coal exports to the whole of Europe plunged 80.5% from June 2014 and additionally dropped 74.3% on the month to 158,199 mt, without South African material delivered to the Netherlands, Germany, Spain and also the UK, among others.

For the first time in 11 months, South Africa sent no thermal coal to Turkey, compared to 227,100 mt in May as well as 65,000 mt throughout the very same month in 2014.

Exports to Pakistan slipped 16% on-year in June to 322,500 mt, yet rose 3% from May's quantity.

Shipments to the United Arab Emirates lowered 50% from June 2014 and also 22% on the month to 104,000 mt, although exports to Israel climbed up 11% from Might to 166,5000 mt, which likewise compared to nothing during the exact same month in 2014.

There were www.irochemical.com to China for the 10th consecutive month, compared to 164,999 mt in June 2014.

Spot FOB Richards Bay 6,000 kcal/kg NAR coal costs saw a stable decrease during June as on the internet trading platform globalCOAL carried out laws mid-month restricting bids, offers and also trades to increments of 25,000 mt to deal with higher-priced non-standard bids as well as sell quantities like 60,000 mt.

Platts' 7-45 day cost assessment lost $3.85 initially of the month to $59.15/ mt FOB on June 30.
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