“No one seems to be in a hurry to get anything signed right now,” a second producer agreed.

In September, the premium remained at $95 per tonne.

Metals for cleaner future being turned to account in minerals-endowed Northern Cape

India's thermal coal imports from Russia are expected to fall for the first time in four months in September, two research consultancies said, potentially resulting in lower revenues for Moscow at a time it is mobilising more troops to fight in Ukraine.

This week’s PERUMIN event in the city of Arequipa is the most important conference in Peru’s mining sector and is being held for the first time in three years after being canceled in 2020 and 2021 due to the pandemic and restrictions on movement.

Finished Import Market Share YTD at 24%

China's raw coal output posted stable expansion in August, official data showed.

US domestic raw steel production was 1,683,000 net tons while the capability utilization rate was 76.4 percent.