By contrast, miners of semi-hard coking coal, a slightly lower-quality grade, probably struck increases of about $ 1 a metric ton to about US $ 51 a metric ton, said a coal producer.
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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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BHP Co . Ltd . said Wednesday it has reached agreement with Japanese steel mills for a US dlrs 5.65 a ton price increase for hard coking coal, the first rise in five years.
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Increases in price of US $ 5.95 a metric ton for thermal coal and US $ 5.70 a metric ton for hard coking coal didn't come into effect until the second quarter of the year.
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In April last year, BHP reported a 12.4 percent or US dlrs 5.65 per ton increase in prices for hard coking coals, on a decrease in tonnages, cut from 7 million tons to 5.8 million tons.
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BHP Co . Ltd . said Wednesday it has reached agreement with Japanese steel mills for a US dlrs 5 . 65 a ton price increase for hard coking coal, the first rise in five years.
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BHP, Australia's largest exporter of hard coking coal to Japan, said the new contract covers the delivery of 5.5 million metric tons of hard coking coal and a further 5.5 million metric tons of weak coking coal.
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BHP, Australia's largest exporter of hard coking coal to Japan, said the new contract covers the delivery of 5.5 million metric tons of hard coking coal and a further 5.5 million metric tons of weak coking coal.
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The U . S . is currently the lowest cost exporter of hard coking coal with forecast average costs of US $ 39.17 per metric ton, with Australia close behind at US $ 41.48 per metric ton.
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The Broken Hill Proprietary Co . Ltd ., Australia's largest producer of hard coking coal, said it has settled new contract prices for coal with the Japanese steel mills " at the higher end of market expectations ."
