Tracking terhadap 37 saham batubara dunia dari 5 benua masih menunjukkan penurunan signfikan per hari ini, lanjut selama 3 hari terakhir. Fluktuasi harga masih jadi batu, belum mem-bara.
Perkembangan terakhir terkait diskon harga batubara Cina viz-a-viz Australia yang cukup signifikan selama 5 tahun terakhir. Chinese coal for generating power is at its cheapest in eight months relative to Australia’s after the government in Beijing froze prices to curb inflation and the worst flooding in Queensland since 1974 disrupted imports. Fuel shipped from Qinhuangdao to China <http://topics.bloomberg.com/china/>’s south, where demand is greatest, cost $22.90 a metric ton less than deliveries from Newcastle, Australia, on Dec. 31, according to Andrew Driscoll, head of resources research at CLSA Asia-Pacific Markets. That’s the biggest discount since the end of April. Qinhuangdao shipments were an average $14.80 cheaper than Newcastle’s in the five years through 2010, CLSA data showed. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-01-18/coal-s-china-australia-discount-at-8-month-high-on-floods-energy-markets.html '+'
