- Price Trend
According to the monitoring of SunSirs, the price of thermal coal continued to remain weak last week (November 18-22). At the beginning of the week, the price of thermal coal was around 559 RMB/ton, and at the end of the week, it was around 558 RMB/ton, with a slight decline of 0.18% overall.
- Analysis of Influencing Factors
With the arrival of domestic winter heating season, the domestic demand for thermal coal has improved, which has certain support for the price of thermal coal. According to SunSirs, as of November 21, the inventory of six coastal power plants was 16.7227 million tons, with a daily consumption of 640,500 tons, available for 26.1 days
The volume of imported coal in China has decreased from a month on month basis. In the short term, thermal coal will be supported from the supply side. According to the latest data released by the General Administration of customs, in October 2019, China imported 11.53 million tons of thermal coal (including bituminous coal and sub bituminous coal, but excluding lignite, the same below), an increase of 2.47 million tons year on year, an increase of 27.26%, a decrease of 2.02 million tons month on month, a decrease of 14.91%. From January to October 2019, the total import of thermal coal was 107.05 million tons, an increase of 5.24 million tons, or 5.15%.
- Market Forecast
SunSirs’analysts believe that: on the one hand, the supply of power coal is still sufficient, on the other hand, with the arrival of winter heating season demand has improved, overall, the price of power coal will maintain a weak balance in the short term.
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