DAILY: China's thermal coal mine-mouth prices see broader rises

A growing number of miners in China lifted their offer prices of main thermal coal grades on Monday, as both downstream users and trading companies stepped up purchases of the fossil fuel, betting on the sustainable strength of the country's portside thermal coal market.

Mysteel's daily survey among the 118 thermal coal mines it tracks nationwide demonstrated that 57.6% of the mines adjusted up their coal offers by an average of Yuan 25/tonne ($3.4/t) on September 18, with the proportion widening from 23.5% last Friday. Specifically, mines in North China's Shanxi province logged the