16-month forward price of Richards Bay coal (USD/tonne) - South Africa - FSR - Daily
This series is part of the dataset: Forward Richards Bay coal prices
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. In international coal derivatives markets, the 16-month forward price of Richards Bay coal was 123.519 USD/tonne on 12 October 2026, compared to 121.146 on 9 October 2026. This marks a rise of 1.96 percent.
Sample. There are 3,856 records in the daily time series shown in the figure above. The series covers the time span stretching from January 2012 to October 2026.
History. Here are a few statistics calculated on the entire sample: the forward price hit a maximum of 301.473 USD/tonne on 5 September 2022; it reached a trough of 38.500 on 15 January 2016; it was equal on average to 94.484.
Latest values
| Date | Value - USD/tonne |
|---|---|
| 2026-10-08 | 121.461 |
| 2026-10-09 | 121.146 |
| 2026-10-12 | 123.519 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | 16-month forward price of Richards Bay coal |
| Country | South Africa |
| Economic concept | Price |
| Data type | Forward price |
| Seasonally adjusted | No |
| Deflation method | Not applicable |
| Rescaling | None |
| Measure type | Level |
| Frequency | Daily |
| Unit | USD/tonne |
| Source | FetchSeries Research; calculations on market data |
| Source type | Data research lab |
| Data licence | Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) + FetchSeries disclaimers |
| Other information | Not available |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LD1 |
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