概览
阿格斯/麦氏API动力煤指数报告 (Argus/McCloskey’s Coal Price Index Report*) 是API价格指数的可靠来源。
报告为您提供了可靠、准确的价格指数和历史数据，为国际实物和衍生煤炭市场提供了数据支持。
API指数受到全球煤炭市场专业人士的信赖和使用，全球85%以上的煤炭衍生品使用API 2和API 4指数作为价格基准。
*API指数由阿格斯和McCloskey by Opis, a Dow Jones company共同发布
关键价格指数：
- API 2指数: 西北欧到岸价评估（cif ARA, 6000kcal/kg）
- API 4指数: 南非离岸价评估（fob Richard Bay, 6000kcal/kg）
- API 5指数: 高灰煤澳大利亚离岸价评估（fob Newcastle, 5500kcal/kg)
- API 6指数: 澳大利亚离岸价评估 （fob Newcastle, 6000kcal/kg)
- API 8指数: 中国华南到岸价评估 (cfr South China, 5500kcal/kg)
- API 10指数: 哥伦比亚离岸价评估 (fob Puerto Bolivar, 6000 kcal/kg)
- API 12指数: 印度到岸价评估 (cfr east India, 5500kcal/kg)
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Key features
Global coverage
A full portfolio of API coal price indexes covering Northwest Europe, South Africa, Australia, South China, Colombia and India — the world's key international coal trading hubs.
Daily price assessments
Daily API 2® and API 4® benchmark prices enable traders and market participants to track spot market movements and respond to price changes in real time.
Weekly benchmark prices
Weekly assessments for API 3, API 5®, API 6™, API 8®, API 10 and API 12 provide comprehensive coverage of internationally traded coal across all major pricing hubs.
Monthly price indexes
Monthly indexes are published for all API benchmarks, calculated as averages of weekly indexes, giving users a consistent reference for contract settlement and planning.
Weekly PDF report
The report is published on the last London working day of the week, usually a Friday, delivering a structured summary of all current API price indexes.
How Argus assesses coal markets
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Dual-source index construction
Each API index is an average of the corresponding Argus price assessment and the McCloskey marker price. -
Standardised specifications
Prices are standardised by contract basis, location and energy value, ensuring each API index is consistent and comparable. -
Index calculation method
Daily indexes average Argus and McCloskey assessments for that day. Weekly and monthly indexes follow sequential averaging of shorter-period values. -
API 4® quality differentials
Weekly NAR 4,800, NAR 5,500 and NAR 5,700 differentials to API 4® average the corresponding Argus and McCloskey Richards Bay assessments.
Who uses this service
Coal traders
- Use API indexes as an impartial price reference for negotiating physical coal trades.
- Reference benchmark prices when writing and settling physical coal contracts.
- Monitor daily API 2® and API 4® movements to track spot market conditions.
Mining companies
- Rely on API price indexes to support investment plans and secure project finance.
- Use benchmark prices to underpin sales agreements and export pricing decisions.
- Reference monthly indexes to track long-term market trends for planning purposes.
Derivatives traders and risk managers
- Settle coal futures and options contracts using API 2® and API 4® indexes.
- Use daily and weekly benchmarks to manage price risk and hedging positions.
- Reference API indexes to price over-the-counter derivatives and swaps.
Frequently asked questions
Key price assessments
The Argus/McCloskey's Coal Price Index Report provides API coal price indexes for internationally traded thermal coal. Published daily, weekly and monthly, these indexes support trading, contract settlement and investment decisions across the global coal market.