Weekly API2 Rotterdam coal prices 2022-2024
API2 Rotterdam coal futures amounted to 109.35 U.S. dollars per 1,000 metric tons on May 6, 2024 for contracts with delivery in May 2024. API2 Rotterdam is a Europe-wide coal price benchmark. Import prices for thermal coal became more volatile following the Russia-Ukraine war and European Union sanctions on Russian coal imports adopted in early April 2022. Many EU countries have a Russian coal import dependency that exceeds 50 percent.