In the first ten days of August, the prices of coal showed a downward trend

Data released by the National Bureau of Statistics on August 14 show that coal prices across the country have fallen steadily in early August. The specific price changes of each kind of coal are as follows:
Anthracite (No. 2 washing medium block) price 1086.8 CNY/ton, down 4.7 CNY/ton from the previous period, a decline of 0.4%. The price of ordinary blended coal (4500 cards) was 455 CNY/ton, down 1.4 CNY/ton from the previous period, or 0.3%. The price of Shanxi Dahun (5000 cards) was 510 CNY/ton, down 1.4 CNY/ton from the previous period, or 0.3%. Shanxi Youmian (5500 cards) price is 575 CNY/ton, which is the same as the previous period. The price of Datong blended coal (5800 calories) is 605 CNY/ton, which is the same as the previous period.
The price of coking coal (1/3 of coking coal) was 1368.6 CNY/ton, down 11.4 CNY/ton from the previous period, a decline of 0.8%. The above data show that in the early August, except for some power coal, the prices of other kinds of coal showed a downward trend. Anthracite and some power coal continued to decline on the basis of the previous period, but the decline was narrowed.
2026-10-19
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