Coal price14 Sep 2021 11:46
I was looking at the last time thermal coal price spiked up during market crush, back in 2009.
https://tradingeconomics.com/commodity/coal
The above coal price is not the one Tga is selling but is just an indication. The graph shows that back in 2009 credit crunch it passed 2 years from bottom to top price. With pandemic we had a similar price crunch and recovery, even if imv pandemic crisis is different from credit crunch and has different implications.
This is a voodoo forecasting but for the same token we should have coal price rise till end of q1/22 (2 years period).
IF that happens are we going to see thermal coal touching $200/t?
On the Chinese market cooking coal and thermal coal prices have started to change directions, price of cooking coal used for steel production is starting to come down together with iron ore, thermal coal price is holding at all time high.
Different from commodities like iron ore or copper, where one major user (China) can change prices with its policies and consumption, coal is needed by many developing countries and more the economies reopen and more will be needed.
Assuming that coal prices peak in few months and then settle at these levels or even below at 130$ curve as from Bloomberg analyses, is some £370million net profit for the next few years, just a multiple of 5 (company has no debit) bring £13 sp. If this will happen or not....I have no idea no doubt Q3 results will be a very interesting reading and event of the sp.
I have emailed the company about that, but no reply yet....