Complete, neutral, transparent coal resource for consumers, producers, and traders. Great for industry professionals trading coal, investors in coal companies, and analysts tracking the coal and power markets. (Shareholders include Anglo American, BHP Billiton, Glencore International AG, Rio Tinto, Enel, E.On Kraftwerke, J-Power Resources, Simpson Spence and Young Futures Brokers)

PROFILE:

“globalCOAL is the world’s premier marketplace facilitator for thermal coal and offers a fast, effective and transparent route to market. Subject to counterparty clearance, it provides all players equal access to markets such as RBCT, ARA, Newcastle etc. globalCOAL also offers real-time market intelligence such as market transparency, detailed price discovery through forward curves, deal history etc.”

PRODUCT OFFERINGS

News, Tools & Analysis

• Daily Coal News: Regular coal news feed in summarised form provided in conjunction with The McCloskey Group. The Premium news service is available to McCloskey Coal Report subscribers.
• Industry Events Calendar: Detailed list of forthcoming conferences, seminars, courses and other events in the coal industry.
• Coal Calculator: An easy to use facility for common coal-related conversions.
• Coal Links Directory: Comprehensive list of websites relevant to the coal industry.
• Who’s Who in Coal Directory: Searchable directory of people and companies (and their details).
• State of the Globe (SOG) Report / Archive: The State of the Globe is an industry respected daily (or weekly) 1-page datasheet containing real (i.e. firm) coal prices from globalCOAL’s markets. The report and archive also contain a wealth of other information relevant to the coal industry such as coal price forward curves, current globalCOAL price indices, current freight prices, exchange rates, spark spreads as well as prompt power, gas and oil prices. The State of the Globe is free to all Market Members.
• Coal Discussion Forum: An anonymous forum for all SOG subscribers to discuss current events related to the coal industry. It is lightly moderated but obvious abuses such as personal insults and foul language will be removed.

Price Data & Indices

• Historical Price Indices: globalCOAL’s published historic weekly and monthly indices are available in graph and table form.
• Real Time Indices: Daily and week-to-date index indications of where the prompt market is at any point during the week.
• Delayed Prices: Prices direct from the Standard Coal System, delayed by at least 3 hours.
• Trade History: A summary list of all transactions (price, product and volume) completed via the Standard Coal System.
• SMS Price & Trade Alerts: Immediate alerts via your mobile phone of narrow markets and all transactions completed.
• Daily and Archived Forward Curves: Valuable pricing information of future price expectations.
• Real Time Index Calculator: Real time analysis of the index calculation depicting the best bid/offer and trade components.

Trading

• Custom Coal System (CCS): As not every coal transaction can be standardised, the Custom Coal System facilitates the traditional tender process with real-time quality evaluation creating a highly focused market for one specific transaction at a time. Fees are USD 0.10 per tonne payable by the party initiating the transaction and USD 0.05 payable by the winning party. Click here for more details on the Custom Coal System…
• Standard Coal System (SCS): The SCS facilitates physical coal trading based on the pre-defined terms, conditions and quality specifications in the Standard Coal Trading Agreement (SCoTA). Additionally the SCS facilitates trading in various financial instruments based on a standard Master Agreement for Standard Coal Derivatives (MASCoD) contract. Only globalCOAL Market Members have access to the Standard Coal System. Click here for details on membership and fees. Click here for more details on the Standard Coal System…
• Online Position Report: The online position report allows Market Members to view their traded positions via globalCOAL and also to calculate their mark-to-market exposure and break-even pricing.
• Counterparty Management: An online tool that enables the Account Administrator for each Market Member to manage their counterparty credit risk for both physical and financial coal transactions.

**Source: globalCOAL About Page**