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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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Saturday, 07 November 09
THE STEAM COAL MOVEMENT FROM INDONESIA TO INDIA REMAINED QUITE STRONG - CAPT. REDDY
COALspot.com (Singapore): The BDI continued rising this week and was up by 290 points up by almost 9 pct and the index closed at 3,393 points.
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Friday, 06 November 09
COAL INDIA ABANDONS PLAN TO BUY ASSET IN AUSTRALIA
Coal India’s efforts to acquire a mid-sized virgin thermal coal block from a private party in Australia have drawn a blank.
The effort was ...
Friday, 06 November 09
NEW ASSETS WILL INCREASE COKING AND THERMAL COAL PRODUCTION
Coal and metals processing company Coal of Africa Limited (CoAL) aims to produce 10-million tons a year of coking coal and two-million tons a year o ...
Friday, 06 November 09
NTPC TO APPOINT MERCHANT BANKER FOR S AFRICA COAL MINE
State-run power producer NTPC, which is eyeing coal mines in South Africa to meet the gap in domestic fuel supply, will appoint a merchant banker ne ...
Thursday, 05 November 09
MERCATOR LINES AIMS TO BECOME A $5 BILLION COMPANY
Mercator Lines, India’s second largest private sector shipping line, plans to invest and expand, riding India’s next wave of growth, the ...
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