6-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 6-month forward price of Richards Bay coal was 128.753 USD/tonne on 12 October 2026, compared to 126.199 on 9 October 2026. This marks an increase of 2.02 percent.
Sample. There are 3,856 observations overall in the daily series presented in the chart above. The series covers the span of time going from January 2012 to October 2026.
History. Take a look at some descriptive statistics calculated on the full sample: the forward price had an average value of 97.687 USD/tonne; it hit a maximum of 377.789 on 2 March 2022; it reached its minimum of 41.067 on 15 January 2016.
Latest values
| Date | Value - USD/tonne |
|---|---|
| 2026-10-08 | 126.740 |
| 2026-10-09 | 126.199 |
| 2026-10-12 | 128.753 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | 6-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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