DAILY: China's thermal coal market enters holiday lull

Source: Mysteel Feb 04, 2026 10:25

China's thermal coal market remained largely stable on February 3, as both supply and demand softened with the Chinese New Year holiday less than two weeks away, sources noted.

Following a weeklong moderate rise, the market stabilized yesterday. Mysteel assessed the 5,500 kcal/kg, 5,000 kcal/kg, and 4,500 kcal/kg NAR thermal coal prices at Yuan 700/tonne ($100.9/t), Yuan 615/t, and Yuan 526/t, respectively, all unchanged from a day ago. This has snapped a consecutive rise from January 23, when

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