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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, 13 November 09
API4 IGNORES LOW COAL TRADES - SWISS SINGAPORE
* Jan, Feb S.Africa coal prices hit 12-month highs
* Indian trader says deals done dollars below index
Reuters reported that, the physical coal ...
Thursday, 12 November 09
INDONESIA'S BUMI COAL PRODUCTION TO INCREASE
The sale is predicted to jump 14 percent to 58 million tons.
Viva News reported that, PT Bumi Resources Tbk. (BUMI) projected that the company's ...
Thursday, 12 November 09
INDIA'S BHEL IS IN INDONESIA NOW WITH THE COST EFFECTIVE CFBC BASED BOILER TURBINE PACKAGES
COALspot.com(Indonesia): BHEL, the largest engineering and manufacturing enterprise in India in the energy-related / infrastructure sector, is now f ...
Thursday, 12 November 09
NTPC FARAKKA AND KAHALGAON UNITS SHUT DOWN ON COAL SHORTAGE
Operations at two units each of power major NTPC Ltd’s 1600 MW Farakka and the 2340 MW Kahalgaon stations have ground to a halt due to an acut ...
Thursday, 12 November 09
GANGAVARAM PORT SETS RECORD BY DISCHARGING 80,514 TONNE OF COAL CARGO
Gangavaram Port, the deepest port in the country with water depth of 20 meters, has achieved an unprecedented milestone by discharging 80,514 metric ...
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