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Standardising Grades & Contracts
Sceats Coal Report arrived at the average spec behind its eight benchmark grades by reviewing coal inspection certificates for a multitude of deliveries in 2023 and 2024. CTH carries the Asia Pacific’s coal specifications in Chapter #14.
And if the up-to-date average of coal specifications in Asia Pacific is the Star of the second half of the CTH, the standard coal contract in the following chapter is the Co-Star, or more specifically “Co-STA.”
Prepared in conjunction with lawyers on the panel of litigation broker Sceats-Coal.Law, the “Coal Standard Trading Agreement” (Co-STA) makes up Chapter #15. Co-STA #1 is for the FOB Indonesia trade, other Co-STAs will follow.
Unlike other standard contracts in the coal market, the Co-STA is free to use without any licence; just source: CoalTradersHandbook.Net.
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