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Wednesday, 25 November 09
RISING FREIGHT RATES HIT COAL IMPORTERS
 While state-owned NTPC’s 12.5 million tonne coal import order may have been aimed at plugging the shortage of coal at its thermal power plants, private companies who are importing coal for NTPC, may end up taking a hit due to rising freight rates.
Apart from the price of non-coking coal, factors such as freight rates and cost of fuel to sail a vessel, are the vital aspects that determine the import bill of a firm. So far, rates of coal, freight and fuel quoted by importing firms have risen sharply since September 2009, when MMTC, the state-owned trading company in-charge of sourcing coal for NTPC, revived the tender.
However, freight rates have risen the most in this period. While the price of non-coking coal from Australia’s Newcastle Port for the December 2009 contract - a benchmark index for Asia - has gone up to about $80 per tonne, from $70 in September, freight rates of handysize vessels have gone up by at least 70% in the said period. “As per the tender, both the price of coal and fuel are floating,” said a senior executive of MMTC.
“The fuel price is indexed to the Singapore bunker price (a marine fuel and shipping price index). So any hike in the rates will negate the losses as everything is covered,” the executive added.
However, while the importing firms may not suffer losses on account of a rise in prices of coal and oil, the increase in freight rates will affect them. “The freight rates we quoted was in the range of $14,000-15,000 per day in September. Now it is $24,000 per day,” said an industry executive.
“We will suffer a loss of at least $7 on every tonne of coal imported if the freight rates stay at this level,” he added.
The freight rates are not floating and an importer will have to incur the cost on an hourly basis. Supply of coal is likely to begin in 10-15 days and most of the coal will be sourced from Indonesia and South Africa.
Three companies — Adani Enterprises, Agarwal Coal and Bhatia Coal — are expected to execute the import order of 12.5 million tonnes of non-coking coal over 12 months. Bhatia Coal and Agarwal Coal will import 2.5 million tonnes and 3.75 million tones of coal, respectively, while the rest will be imported by Adani.
MMTC re-opened the import tender in mid-September after a previous bid was suspended on allegations of improper standards. MMTC had called for bids from private parties to supply coal on June 4, 2009, which it subsequently cancelled.
Source: Economic Times
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Friday, 20 November 09
INDONESIAN CO PLANS JV WITH NAGARJUNA
Economic Times reported that, Infrastructure firm Nagarjuna Constructions Company (NCC) is set to form a joint venture with an Indonesian coal minin ...
Thursday, 19 November 09
S. KOREA TO BUY COAL FROM CHINA FOR US$ 85-90/T IN 2010
Head of one S. Korea power company on November 18 unveiled that S. Korea’s power companies may purchase coal from China at the contract price ...
Thursday, 19 November 09
SNAPSHOT OF INDONESIA'S COAL INDUSTRY - FACT BOX BY REUTERS
Indonesian plans to cap coal exports to meet domestic demand will not hit global supplies in the near term, but could start to bite in three to five ...
Thursday, 19 November 09
INDONESIA COAL EXPORTS CURB WILL TAKE TIME TO BITE
Indonesia's plans to cap coal exports to satisfy demand at home are unlikely to crimp global supplies for as long as five years, when new power pla ...
Thursday, 19 November 09
THE GOVERNMENT TO GUARANTEE COAL SUPPLIES FOR POWER PLANTS
The government guarantees coal supplies for power plants under a 10,000 MW-capacity power plant construction acceleration program.
Minister of En ...
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