Newcastle thermal coal up to AUD 129 a tonne

Power station coal prices at Australia's Newcastle port, an Asian benchmark, rose 1.1% in the week ended January 7th 2011.


According to the globalCOAL NEWC Index, coal prices at the New South Wales port climbed to AUD 129.90 a tonne from AUD 128.50 the previous week.


Xstrata Plc, the world's largest exporter of power-station coal, BHP Billiton Ltd and Rio Tinto Group are among mining companies that ship coal through Newcastle.


Sourced from Bloomberg

Monthly Index

------------ NEWC Index-----RB Index----DES ARA Index

Dec-2010 119.47------------- 115.50-------122.31

Nov-2010 106.99--------------103.44-------106.53

Oct-2010 97.34-------------- 91.14------- 99.48

Sep-2010 94.69-------------- 85.87------- 91.98

Weekly Index

------------------NEWC Index-----RB Index-------DES ARA Index

07-Jan-2011--------129.90----------125.16----------129.50

31-Dec-2010-------128.50----------126.85----------131.05

24-Dec-2010-------124.75----------121.23----------126.31

17-Dec-2010-------117.06----------112.37----------119.44