BHP Australia Coal, which negotiated the hard coking coal price, took a 1 . 2 million cut in tonnages to 5 . 8 million tons.
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He said the agreement involved the delivery of 5 million tons for hard coking coal, down slightly from 5.8 million tons in 1995 / 96.
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Ltd . on Thursday won price rises at the higher end of market expectations for 1996 / 97 hard coking coal exports to Japanese steel mills.
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Some suggested the final price for March 31 1997 hard coking coal contracts might be set between US dlrs 1.00 and US dlrs 1.30 a ton higher.
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He said the agreement involved the delivery of 5 million tons for hard coking coal, down slightly from 5 . 8 million tons in 1995 / 96.
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Those rises included US dlrs 5.65 a ton for hard coking coal and US dlrs 5.95 a ton for semisoft coking coal and were the first secured since 1990.
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ABN Amro Hoare Govett coal analyst David Walker said the initial expectations in the industry for a US dlrs 3.50 a ton increase for hard coking coal had softened substantially.
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Some suggested the final price for March 31 1997 hard coking coal contracts might be set between US dlrs 1 . 00 and US dlrs 1 . 30 a ton higher.
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Lill said the fall in volume partly reflects the fact that the Japanese steel mills will use a lower proportion of hard coking coal and a higher proportion of weak coking coal.
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ABN Amro Hoare Govett coal analyst David Walker said the initial expectations in the industry for a US dlrs 3 . 50 a ton increase for hard coking coal had softened substantially.
