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Friday, March 4, 2011

Australia Newcastle Thermal Coal Falls 1.7% to $129.48 a Ton

Mar4, 2011 5:50 PM GMT+0530
By Pratish Narayanan

Power-station coal prices at Australia’s Newcastle port, an Asian benchmark, fell 1.7 percent in the week ended today.

Coal prices at the New South Wales port dropped to $129.48 a metric ton from $131.71 the previous week, according to the globalCOAL NEWC Index.

Xstrata Plc (XTA), the world’s largest exporter of power-station coal, BHP Billiton Ltd. (BHP) and Rio Tinto Group are among mining companies that ship coal through Newcastle.
(sourced:bloomberg)

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