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The hard coal price on this page is the API 2 hard coal price index. The API 2 price assessment is the main price reference for physical and over-the-counter contracts for coal trading in north-west Europe (ARA). In coal trading, the abbreviation ARA stands for the cities of Amsterdam, Rotterdam and Antwerp. For the purposes of the hard coal price, this abbreviation denotes the delivery location, i.e. delivery to any of the three ports.

This hard coal price index serves as the benchmark for setting hard coal prices on the world market.

The average coal price in 2026 for the reference contract is 115.74 USD/t (2,408 CZK/t).

Current price

115 USD/t

Previous price: 114.88 USD/t

Daily change

0.1 %

0.12 USD/t

Monthly change

-8.15 %

-10.2 USD/t

Yearly change

5.53 %

6.03 USD/t

Hard coal price [USD/t]

Recent price development

Hard coal price (Cal27)

16.06.2026

+0.1 USD/t

+0.1 %

Hard coal price (Cal27)

15.06.2026

-5.4 USD/t

-4.5 %

Hard coal price (Cal27)

12.06.2026

-2.7 USD/t

-2.2 %

Hard coal price (Cal27)

11.06.2026

-1.3 USD/t

-1.0 %

Hard coal price (Cal27)

10.06.2026

+1.3 USD/t

+1.1 %

Hard coal price (Cal27)

09.06.2026

-3.1 USD/t

-2.5 %

Hard coal price (Cal27)

08.06.2026

+1.9 USD/t

+1.5 %

Hard coal price (Cal27)

05.06.2026

-0.6 USD/t

-0.5 %

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Questions and answers

How much does a tonne of hard coal cost?

When people talk about the price of hard coal, they usually mean the price of API2 hard coal. This hard coal price index serves as the benchmark for setting hard coal prices on the world market. The current price of the contract for 2027 is 115 USD/t (2,393 CZK/t) (16. 6. 2026).

How much is one quintal of coal?

A metric quintal (from the Latin centum — 'hundred') is the name of a formerly used physical unit of mass. It is denoted by the letter q, where 1 q = 100 kg. On the exchange coal is traded in tonnes, where 1 t = 10 q.

How much does 100 kg of coal cost?

The price of 100 kg of coal depends mainly on the development of the API 2 hard coal price on the exchange. The API 2 index serves as the benchmark for setting hard coal prices on the world market. The current price of the contract for 2027 is 115 USD/t (2,393 CZK/t) (16. 6. 2026).

What types of coal do we use in the energy sector?

We distinguish two basic types of coal — lignite (brown coal) and hard (black) coal. Lignite is used mainly to generate electricity and heat. Hard coal is further divided into coking and thermal coal, where coking coal is used to produce coke and thermal coal to generate electricity and heat.