On the afternoon of February 22, a slight rebound in the coal shipping market did not reflect the coal market, and the latest issue of the Bohai-Range thermal coal price index continued to fall. The Bohai Bohai Thermal Coal Price Index released by the China Shipping Coal Network Index Center shows that the comprehensive average price of thermal coal at 5,500 kcal for the current period was 775 yuan/ton, which was a drop of 2 yuan/ton from the previous period, a decrease of 0.26%, and the decline rate remained at a relatively low level. Low level.

According to the data from the Marine Coal Index Center, Qinhuangdao 4500 kcal thermal coal price is 560-570 yuan/ton, 5000 calorific coal thermal coal price is 665-675 yuan/ton, and 5,500 kcal thermal coal price is RMB 765-775/ton, thermal coal price of 5800 calories was RMB 820-830/ton, of which, except for 4500 and 5800 calories, thermal coal price was RMB 5/ton lower than last week. Three fell to two. The average level of thermal coal trading price for the 5500 kcal calorific value of the Qinhuangdao Port remains at 770 yuan/ton, which is 30 yuan/ton lower than the "coal" ceiling price.

The results of the current Bohai Bay thermal coal price index show that although the market's thermal coal prices continue to decline, the price of flat port products has exceeded the half for the first time since mid-November 2011, indicating that the kinetic energy of price decline has emerged. Significant decline; to the current period, the average price of thermal coal in the 5500 kcal market in the Bohai Rim has dropped for the 15th consecutive week, with a cumulative reduction of RMB 78/ton.

According to the analysis, on the one hand, due to the high coal inventories of major power companies and major shipping ports, the “de-stocking” process that still continues continues to be the main reason for the continued decline in thermal coal prices in the Bohai Rim market; on the other hand, In January of this year, the contracted imports of coal showed that China imported 16.67 million tons of hard coal in January 2012, a year-on-year decrease of 1.1%, which was a month-on-month decrease of 23.4% from the December 2011 imports of 21.38 million tons of coal. At the same time, some positive factors such as the increase in demand for coal and the price of thermal coal in major producing areas have boosted the confidence of the recently-announced thermal coal market in the Bohai Rim region and inhibited the market price of thermal coal in the Bohai Rim region. Falling space.

Compared with the coal market, which has continued to slump, the recovery of shipping market demand and price coal shipping prices continue to rebound. The maritime coal tariffs monitored by the Qinhuangdao Maritime Coal Market show that the freight rates of major routes in the coastal areas have rebounded slightly. On February 20, the average coal freight rate of 4-5 million tons of ships on the Qinhuangdao port to Shanghai route was 31.3 yuan/ton. Compared with February 13th, it was increased by 2.0 yuan/ton; the average coal freight rate of 50,000-60,000 tons of ships on the Qinhuangdao-Guangzhou route was 38.4 yuan/ton, which was 0.9 yuan/ton higher than that on February 13; Qinhuangdao Port to Zhangjiagang The average coal freight rate of 2-3 million tons of vessels on the route was 36.7 yuan/ton, which was 3.3 yuan/ton more than that on February 13.