Energy Information Administration
Table Posted: August 19, 2008
Next Update: December 2008 
Coking Coal Prices for Industry 1
(U.S. Dollars per Metric Ton) 2
Country 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Argentina NA NA NA NA NA NA 31.75 37.24 NA
Austria NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Belgium 49.3 47.2 54.0 NA NA NA NA NA NA
Brazil NA NA NA NA NA NA 87.74 106.77 NA
Canada NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Chile NA NA NA NA NA NA 51.32 69.02 NA
China 38.06 37.24 NA 38.38 41.28 52.20 61.72 NA NA
Chinese Taipei (Taiwan) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Colombia NA NA NA NA NA NA 30.71 33.84 NA
Costa Rica NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Cuba NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Czech Republic 52.7 47.1 51.4 61.0 C C C C C
Denmark - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Finland 105.9 99.8 105.1 109.8 126.0 158.6 196.6 203.2 225.5
France 49.4 47.3 52.5 60.4 62.1 74.9 110.6 134.2 NA
Germany C C C C C C C C C
Hungary C C C C C C C C C
India 38.24 38.23 39.61 38.45 42.52 62.75 64.48 NA NA
Indonesia NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Ireland - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Italy 50.1 50.6 55.3 57.8 60.3 75.6 103.5 112.2 NA
Jamaica NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Japan 46.5 42.4 44.0 45.8 45.8 65.0 97.5 100.7 95.5
Kazakhstan 17.18 14.19 14.07 7.84 10.10 13.78 17.91 21.57 22.48
Korea, South NA NA NA NA NA 68.5 109.9 113.3 103.9
Luxembourg - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Mexico NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
New Zealand C C C C C C C C C
Norway - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Panama NA NA NA NA NA NA 60.82 66.83 NA
Peru NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Poland 38.6 39.0 46.8 47.8 52.4 96.1 115.4 95.2 NA
Portugal 31.7 31.7 38.8 32.6 38.7 NA NA NA NA
Romania NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Russia NA NA NA NA NA 71.00 92.58 79.84 NA
Slovak Republic (Slovakia) NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
South Africa NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Spain C C C C C C C C C
Switzerland - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Thailand NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Turkey 61.8 69.9 62.5 75.2 80.5 103.5 129.1 140.8 174.7
United Kingdom NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
United States 50.6 49.0 51.3 56.5 55.9 67.8 92.4 102.8 104.5
Venezuela NA NA NA NA NA NA 0.74 0.83 NA
1 Energy end-use prices including taxes, converted using exchange rates.
2 To convert U.S. dollars per metric ton to U.S. dollars per short ton divide by 1.1023.
NA=Not Available.
C=Confidential.
- -=Not appplicable.
Source: Energy Prices & Taxes - Quarterly Statistics, First Quarter 2008, Part II, Section D, Table 20, and Part III, 
Section B, Table 17, Paris: International Energy Agency, 2008. The Paris-based International Energy Agency (IEA) 
maintains annual and quarterly time series of this price data that begin with the year 1978 and that also include 
the most recent quarterly prices.  Information on purchasing this data online from the IEA is available at: 
http://data.iea.org/ieastore/default.asp