According to the data of the Ministry of Commerce's important means of production market monitoring system: From May 6th to May 12th, judging from the sample data of monitored varieties, the average price of coal in Inner Mongolia was 848.35 yuan/ton, a slight decrease from the previous month. Compared with the same period of last year (hereinafter referred to as the year-on-year period), it decreased by 1.5%. Among them, the average price of anthracite No. 2 washed lump coal was 876.43 yuan/ton, a month-on-month increase of 0.2%, and a year-on-year decrease of 3.3%. %; the average price of 1/3 coking coal for coking coal was 923.58 yuan/ton, a decrease of 0.2% month-on-month and a year-on-year decrease of 1.3%.
The Department of Commerce of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region stated that the operating rate of coal enterprises has increased and the market supply capacity has improved. Demand in the downstream market is weak, and the overall market is mainly on the sidelines. The transaction activity was sluggish, and some traders and terminal purchases slowed down, which together drove the coal price to drop month-on-month. It is expected that the coal market will be stable in the near future, and prices will fluctuate.