Indonesian Coal Price in November 2010

Govt’s coal reference price at $95.51 in November 2010

The government’s monthly Coal Price Reference (HBA) for November 2010 stood at $95.51 FOB Vessel, compared with 92.68 /ton in October, the Directorate General of Mineral, Coal and Geothermal announced on Monday.

HBA is a spot price, valid for under 12-month sales contract. The November HBA was the price cited for the delivery period of Nov 1-30. Price for term contract (contract of more than 12 months) is the average HBA over the past three months and is fixed over 12 months.

Sales price on barges (FOB barge) is HBA minus costs of barging and transshipment from FBO Vessel to FOB Barge. Coal price reference is based on coal with GCV (GAR) of 6,322 kcal/ kg, total moisture (arb) of 8.00 percent, total sulphuric content of 0.8 percent, ash content of 15.00 percent and free on Board (FOB) Vessel. 

HBA was calculated from the monthly average of four international coal indices such as Indonesian coal index / ICI 1, Platts-1, New Castle Export Index and Newcastle global Coal Index.

Coal reference price November 2010

No	Brand	CV (kcal/kg, GAR)	Total Moisture (%ar)	Total Sulphur (%)	Ash (%)	Price*
1	Gunung Bayan I	7000	10	1	15	102.86
2	Prima Coal	6700	12	0.6	5	100.42
3	Pinang 6150	6200	14.5	0.6	5.5	90.5
4	Indominco IM_East	5700	17.5	1.6	4.8	77.79
5	Melawan Coal	5400	22.5	0.4	5	72.93
6	Envirocoal	5000	26	0.1	1.2	67
7	Jorong J-1	4400	32	0.3	4.2	54.04
8	Ecocoal	4200	35	0.2	3.9	48.91

Source : Directorate General of Mineral, Coal and Geothermal at The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources.

Notw : * Marker price for evaluation of November 2010 price