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On 14/12/12 15:06, Mike Tomlinson wrote:
En el artÃ*culo , Huge
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And you have some evidence to back up your assertion that this is no longer
the case?


http://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/uk-...final-results-
062612588.html

"as at 30 March 2012, the average forward market price for coal for
deliveries in the remainder of 2012 was £67 per tonne."

http://www.indexmundi.com/commodities/?commodity=coal-
australian&months=60

Aug 2012: £62.05

that, of course, ignores the cost and environmental impact of shipping
it from Down Under.

http://www.bloomberg.com/quote/COALBGSD:IND has FOB price of US coal at
$68 a tonne

So that's even cheaper.

And its closer.


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