27-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 27-month forward price of Richards Bay coal stood at 121.305 USD/tonne on 12 October 2026, compared to 119.114 on 9 October. This marks an increase of 1.84 percent.
Sample. There are 3,856 records in the daily time series displayed in the figure above. The series covers the span of time extending from January 2012 to October 2026.
History. Here's a glimpse of a few statistics computed on the full sample: the forward price averaged 93.388 USD/tonne; it recorded its maximum of 300.666 on 5 September 2022; it reached its lowest level of 37.750 on 15 January 2016.
Latest values
| Date | Value - USD/tonne |
|---|---|
| 2026-10-08 | 119.209 |
| 2026-10-09 | 119.114 |
| 2026-10-12 | 121.305 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | 27-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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