Coal prices today
Coal still powers much of the world’s electricity and remains essential for steelmaking. Expana tracks prices for thermal coal and coking coal, along with coal market forecasts and intelligence, so energy buyers and heavy industry can see where cost pressure is building.
Prices move with export supply from Indonesia, Australia and South Africa and with demand from China, India and the EU. Our data shows how those flows feed through to the price you pay.
Coking coal price chart
| Date | Price (USD/mt) | MoM % | QoQ % | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| 236.6763 | ↓ 3.8% | ↓ 5.3% | — | |
| 232.7083 | ↓ 5.4% | ↓ 7.3% | — | |
| 240.2963 | ↓ 2.9% | ↓ 3.9% | — | |
| 239.3826 | ↓ 3.3% | ↓ 3.3% | — | |
| 239.5981 | ↓ 3.3% | ↓ 2.7% | — | |
| 236.9352 | ↓ 5.0% | ↓ 2.8% | — | |
| 238.1898 | ↓ 4.2% | ↓ 1.6% | — | |
| 236.3241 | ↓ 5.0% | ↓ 2.3% | — | |
| 241.3611 | ↓ 3.4% | → 0.0% | — | |
| 243.1111 | ↓ 2.7% | ↑ 1.0% | — | |
| 245.6991 | ↓ 3.1% | ↑ 3.9% | — | |
| 246.4167 | ↓ 3.1% | ↑ 3.4% | — | |
| 242.4676 | ↓ 4.7% | ↑ 2.0% | — | |
| 246.2917 | ↓ 2.5% | ↑ 3.4% | — | |
| 244.9907 | ↓ 3.0% | ↑ 3.1% | — | |
| 245.0602 | ↓ 5.5% | ↑ 2.4% | — | |
| 243.5417 | ↓ 7.1% | ↑ 0.1% | — | |
| 244.42 | ↓ 8.1% | ↓ 1.3% | — | |
| 240.4196 | ↓ 10.0% | ↓ 3.5% | — | |
| 243.7594 | ↓ 8.7% | ↓ 3.1% | — | |
| 245.6157 | ↓ 3.2% | ↓ 2.4% | — | |
| 246.2222 | ↓ 3.9% | ↓ 2.1% | — | |
| 245.9954 | ↓ 3.7% | ↓ 2.2% | — | |
| 246.0273 | ↓ 3.4% | ↓ 2.5% | — | |
| 247.5973 | ↓ 2.8% | ↓ 1.3% | — | |
| 247.6727 | ↓ 3.3% | ↓ 0.6% | — | |
| 247 | ↓ 6.6% | ↓ 2.9% | — | |
| 249.3 | ↑ 1.0% | ↓ 3.1% | — | |
| 248.6591 | ↑ 0.8% | ↓ 4.9% | — | |
| 248.7364 | ↑ 0.8% | ↓ 4.1% | — | |
| 249.9364 | ↓ 1.6% | ↓ 3.6% | — | |
| 249.9409 | ↓ 2.3% | ↓ 4.0% | — | |
| 253.4455 | ↓ 1.1% | ↓ 1.5% | — | |
| 254.4136 | ↓ 0.7% | ↑ 1.5% | — | |
| 254.3693 | ↓ 0.7% | ↑ 1.9% | — | |
| 252.6091 | ↓ 0.7% | ↑ 3.6% | — | |
| 257.1909 | ↑ 0.3% | ↑ 7.8% | — | |
| 259.2518 | ↑ 1.7% | ↑ 10.4% | — | |
| 262.2818 | ↑ 2.8% | ↑ 10.8% | — | |
| 266 | ↑ 4.3% | ↑ 14.5% | — | |
| 267.0273 | ↑ 7.0% | ↑ 14.9% | — | |
| 259.7545 | ↑ 3.9% | ↑ 11.8% | — | |
| 253.7091 | ↑ 1.5% | ↑ 11.8% | — | |
| 256.1045 | ↑ 2.4% | ↑ 13.5% | — | |
| 255.4545 | ↑ 2.2% | ↑ 11.1% | — | |
| 254.6512 | ↑ 1.8% | ↑ 10.7% | — | |
| 255.5536 | ↑ 3.2% | ↑ 11.1% | — | |
| 253.5446 | ↑ 3.0% | ↑ 10.3% | — | |
| 256.0893 | ↑ 5.1% | ↑ 12.2% | — | |
| 264.4107 | ↑ 8.5% | ↑ 14.9% | — | |
| 246.7768 | ↑ 2.1% | ↑ 8.8% | — | |
| 246.6071 | ↑ 2.2% | ↑ 8.7% | — | |
| 250.9196 | ↑ 4.3% | ↑ 10.6% | — | |
| 254.0982 | ↑ 7.4% | ↑ 11.3% | — | |
| 255.9196 | ↑ 8.2% | ↑ 12.5% | — | |
| 256.2768 | ↑ 7.8% | ↑ 12.2% | — | |
| 256.1905 | ↑ 7.6% | ↑ 12.2% | — | |
| 254.5714 | ↑ 7.1% | ↑ 11.5% | — | |
| 254.2768 | ↑ 6.2% | ↑ 11.4% | — | |
| 256.4911 | ↑ 7.2% | ↑ 12.3% | — | |
| 255.0268 | ↑ 3.0% | ↑ 9.6% | — | |
| 255.4554 | ↑ 2.5% | ↑ 9.7% | — | |
| 253.0536 | ↑ 0.6% | ↑ 8.7% | — | |
| 249.4464 | ↓ 0.9% | ↑ 6.8% | — | |
| 249.9821 | ↓ 0.7% | ↑ 6.8% | — | |
| 249.9821 | ↓ 0.6% | ↑ 6.9% | — | |
| 250.9721 | ↓ 0.6% | ↑ 7.3% | — | |
| 250.0307 | ↓ 0.3% | ↑ 6.6% | — | |
| 247.5526 | ↓ 1.3% | ↑ 5.0% | — | |
| 246.136 | ↓ 1.9% | ↑ 5.6% | — | |
| 243.7061 | ↓ 5.3% | ↑ 6.0% | — | |
| 242.0746 | ↓ 7.4% | ↑ 5.3% | — | |
| 241.7939 | ↓ 6.8% | ↑ 4.9% | — | |
| 241.2719 | ↓ 7.0% | ↑ 4.7% | — | |
| 240.6623 | ↓ 7.2% | ↑ 3.1% | — | |
| 236.5175 | ↓ 8.0% | ↓ 3.4% | — | |
| 238.2719 | ↓ 4.9% | ↓ 2.7% | — | |
| 237.6974 | ↓ 4.8% | ↓ 2.4% | — | |
| 238.1009 | ↓ 4.6% | ↓ 4.7% | — | |
| 237.7105 | ↓ 4.8% | ↓ 2.2% | — | |
| 239.3684 | ↑ 1.9% | ↑ 0.7% | — | |
| 243.4035 | ↑ 2.8% | ↑ 2.3% | — | |
| 247.6404 | ↑ 6.6% | ↑ 6.9% | — | |
| 249.2193 | ↑ 7.3% | ↑ 10.0% | — | |
| 251.6272 | ↑ 8.3% | ↑ 10.3% | — | |
| 251.6272 | ↑ 10.9% | ↑ 12.0% | — | |
| 251.6272 | ↑ 11.6% | ↑ 12.0% | — | |
| 251.614 | ↑ 9.4% | — | — | |
| 252.6091 | ↑ 11.3% | ↑ 12.8% | — | |
| 252.3707 | ↑ 11.9% | ↑ 12.7% | — | |
| 250.8276 | ↑ 9.1% | ↑ 13.1% | — | |
| 249.0862 | ↑ 9.1% | ↑ 12.3% | — | |
| 254.4181 | ↑ 10.6% | — | — | |
| 257.3664 | ↑ 11.8% | ↑ 16.1% | — | |
| 261.4741 | ↑ 15.5% | ↑ 18.0% | — | |
| 259.3233 | ↑ 14.3% | ↑ 16.8% | — | |
| 259.1466 | ↑ 13.6% | ↑ 16.7% | — | |
| 260.4828 | ↑ 14.5% | ↑ 16.6% | — | |
| 257.1983 | ↑ 13.1% | ↑ 17.0% | — | |
| 250.569 | ↑ 9.7% | ↑ 13.9% | — | |
| 249.5991 | ↑ 9.3% | ↑ 14.4% | — | |
| 243.9181 | ↑ 6.8% | ↑ 11.8% | — | |
| 238.6681 | ↑ 4.5% | ↑ 9.4% | — | |
| 234.9138 | ↑ 2.9% | ↑ 7.1% | — | |
| 236.7241 | ↑ 2.0% | ↑ 7.9% | — | |
| 232.2586 | ↓ 0.2% | ↑ 3.8% | — | |
| 232.3362 | ↓ 0.5% | ↑ 3.8% | — | |
| 232.3534 | ↓ 0.7% | ↑ 3.4% | — | |
| 226.875 | ↓ 1.0% | ↑ 0.6% | — | |
| 225.5517 | ↓ 4.1% | ↑ 2.0% | — | |
| 229.9408 | ↓ 1.3% | ↑ 5.5% | — | |
| 228.2139 | ↓ 1.3% | ↑ 3.9% | — | |
| 230.0847 | → 0.0% | ↑ 4.6% | — | |
| 230.2458 | ↑ 0.1% | ↑ 5.1% | — | |
| 226.3093 | ↓ 1.6% | ↑ 3.0% | — | |
| 226.7881 | ↓ 2.8% | ↑ 3.2% | — | |
| 228.2034 | ↓ 3.3% | ↑ 3.5% | — | |
| 227.4068 | ↓ 7.2% | ↑ 2.6% | — | |
| 227.4068 | ↓ 7.2% | ↑ 3.0% | — | |
| 228.3305 | ↓ 6.8% | ↑ 3.8% | — | |
| 228.3305 | ↓ 6.0% | ↑ 3.6% | — | |
| 228.3559 | ↓ 5.2% | ↑ 3.5% | — | |
| 228.4746 | ↓ 3.9% | ↑ 3.5% | — | |
| 228.2203 | ↓ 4.0% | ↑ 3.4% | — | |
| 232.0678 | ↓ 2.4% | ↑ 5.0% | — | |
| 232.7627 | ↑ 2.1% | ↑ 5.5% | — | |
| 233.5 | ↑ 2.6% | ↑ 6.0% | — | |
| 234.0961 | ↑ 4.2% | ↑ 6.6% | — | |
| 229.1347 | ↑ 2.0% | ↑ 3.8% | — | |
| 235.0847 | ↑ 4.6% | — | — | |
| 233.9022 | ↑ 4.4% | — | — | |
| 234.6525 | ↑ 5.4% | — | — | |
| 235.7542 | ↑ 6.3% | — | — | |
| 233.0678 | ↑ 5.1% | — | — | |
| 231.112 | ↑ 4.2% | — | — | |
| 229.9831 | ↑ 3.8% | — | — | |
| 230.4661 | ↑ 3.8% | — | — | |
| 230.3729 | ↑ 3.7% | — | — | |
| 233.3559 | ↑ 5.1% | — | — | |
| 235.9153 | ↑ 6.2% | — | — | |
| 244.9322 | ↑ 11.4% | — | — | |
| 243.5932 | ↑ 11.5% | — | — | |
| 249.9322 | ↑ 14.5% | — | — | |
| 242.9788 | ↑ 11.4% | — | — | |
| 240.9156 | ↑ 10.4% | — | — | |
| 237.822 | ↑ 8.4% | — | — | |
| 231.6992 | ↑ 5.6% | — | — | |
| 226.5593 | ↑ 1.2% | — | — | |
| 228.0805 | ↑ 1.9% | — | — | |
| 227.6525 | ↑ 1.7% | — | — | |
| 224.661 | ↑ 1.6% | — | — | |
| 0 | ↓ 100.0% | — | — | |
| 223.9888 | ↑ 2.3% | — | — | |
| 223.9388 | ↑ 3.3% | — | — | |
| 222.6582 | ↑ 2.7% | — | — | |
| 221.7347 | ↑ 0.9% | — | — | |
| 0 | ↓ 100.0% | — | — | |
| 221.7347 | ↑ 1.2% | — | — | |
| 221.602 | ↑ 0.9% | — | — | |
| 222.0306 | ↑ 1.1% | — | — | |
| 222.0816 | ↑ 0.7% | — | — | |
| 223.3622 | ↑ 0.8% | — | — | |
| 219.8061 | ↓ 0.4% | — | — | |
| 219.9031 | → 0.0% | — | — | |
| 218.5204 | ↓ 0.7% | — | — | |
| 218.2041 | ↓ 1.1% | — | — | |
| 218.2398 | ↓ 1.1% | — | — | |
| 219.4235 | ↓ 0.6% | — | — | |
| 219.4794 | ↓ 0.7% | — | — | |
| 219.4618 | ↓ 0.7% | — | — | |
| 223.7653 | ↑ 1.6% | — | — | |
| 224.6837 | ↑ 2.3% | — | — | |
| 225.5408 | ↑ 2.2% | — | — | |
| 221.1114 | — | — | — | |
| 218.8673 | — | — | — | |
| 216.845 | — | — | — | |
| 218.02 | — | — | — | |
| 219.72 | — | — | — | |
| 219.97 | — | — | — | |
| 219.04 | — | — | — | |
| 219.645 | — | — | — | |
| 219.68 | — | — | — | |
| 220.5652 | — | — | — | |
| 221.68 | — | — | — | |
| 220.6926 | — | — | — | |
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| 221.07 | — | — | — | |
| 220.69 | — | — | — | |
| 220.3 | — | — | — | |
| 219.615 | — | — | — | |
| 220.685 | — | — | — | |
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Coal Market FAQs
What types of coal does Expana provide data for?
Expana covers both thermal coal, which is used in power generation and district heating, and coking coal, which is a crucial feedstock in the steelmaking process. We report on international benchmarks and regional market trends for both.
Which countries are included in your coal pricing coverage?
Our coal pricing database spans major producers including Australia, Indonesia, and South Africa, and key import markets like India, and the UK and Netherlands the EU. We also monitor trade routes, port activity, and delivery schedules.
What are the biggest influences on coal prices today?
Coal prices are affected by a wide range of variables, including power demand, steel output, weather-related disruptions, labour strikes, rail and port bottlenecks, and emissions regulation. Shifts in one or more of these areas can trigger fast-moving price changes.
How is thermal coal different from coking coal?
Thermal coal is burned to generate electricity and heat, while coking coal undergoes a carbonisation process to produce coke for steelmaking. Their pricing, demand cycles, and market participants are distinct, though occasionally connected by broader energy policy or shipping constraints.
Does Expana forecast coal prices?
Yes. Expana provides tailored forecasts for both thermal and coking coal using macro trends, market data, and technical signals. Our forecasts help energy buyers and supply chain teams prepare for pricing swings and optimise contract timing.
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Our pricing updates range from daily to weekly, depending on the coal type, region, and market activity. We ensure that both short-term fluctuations and longer-term patterns are reflected in our reporting.
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