According to the data of the Ministry of Commerce's important means of production market monitoring system: From August 19th to August 25th, judging from the sample data of monitored varieties, the average price of coal in Inner Mongolia was 829.21 yuan/ton, an increase of 0.4% from the previous month. Compared with the same period of the previous year (hereinafter referred to as the same period last year), it decreased by 12.4%. Among them, the average price of anthracite No. 2 washed lump coal was 917 yuan/ton, a month-on-month increase of 0.7%, and a year-on-year decrease of 15.3%; 6.8%; the average price of 1/3 coking coal for coking coal was 904 yuan/ton, up 0.4% month-on-month and down 13.7% year-on-year.
The Department of Commerce of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region stated that as the weather gradually cools, coal demand increases and market sales increase. Under the influence of the supply guarantee policy, the demand for coal used by power plants remained high, and the transaction activity increased, driving the coal price to rise month-on-month. It is expected that the coal market will be stable in the near future, and prices will fluctuate.