McCloskey Coal Report (MCR)

Distribution: fortnightly, as hardcopy, PDF and online

Key contents:

• A round up of the major stories with in-depth analysis and context
• Corporate results and mergers and acquisitions
• Trade and price news in the metallurgical and steam coal markets
• Mining, power and steel developments
• Comprehensive coverage of import and export volumes
• Transport, logistics and freight coverage
• Comprehensive listing of all the major benchmark coal indices, freight rates and swap forward curves and power and carbon prices
• Analysis on the European electricity and carbon markets
• Coal Equities Bulletin
• Detailed production, consumption, import/export data and historical prices for all the major coal centers delivered via McCloskey Statistical Service

Clients may upgrade with two additional services, available exclusively to MCR subscribers:

McCloskey FAX

Distribution: Weekly, available as PDF and online

Key contents:

• Time-sensitive market intelligence and price levels delivered each end-of-business day Friday, in an easily digestible format
• The most informed up-to-date news and pricing service available to prepare you for the following business week

McCloskey Newswire

Distribution: Intra Daily, delivered by email or accessible online; premium subscribers may receive this service via our blackberry/smart phone-friendly delivery system

Key contents:

• Premium real-time alert service bringing you daily coal news, analysis and data as it happens, delivered straight to your desktop
• Breaking industry stories, traded prices and statistics uniquely written and illustrated in an interpretative style to bring genuine value added information to your business

Benefits:

McCloskey Coal Report product suite benefits you with:

• Comprehensive coverage of all aspects of the international coal industry
• Interpretative and analytical style of journalism clarifying and contextualizing news stories
• Lead reporting providing accurate, up-to-the-minute data for trading and business deals
• Time-critical information containing accurate and insightful intelligence for informed decision making
• Short-cuts to critical information

McCloskey's Coal Report Online is the premier one-stop information service for the international coal industry. Subscribers have access to the following information:
Full access available to subscribers only. Contact us for more information on subscriptions.

• MCR Lead Stories
• Carbon & Sparks
• Corporate
• Markets – Metallurgical Coal
• Markets – Steam Coal
• Power
• Steel
• Trade
• Transport & Logistics
• Freight
• Mining
• Key Indicators
• Data Pages
• Coal Equities Bulletin

Coal Report Online provides subscribers with access to the following information:
Full access available to subscribers only. Contact us for more information on subscriptions

• Daily Price Data
  • OTC and Freight Update
• Statistics
  • Ports Outputs, Freight Rates, and Stock Levels
  • Africa –Trade and Production Data
  • Americas - Trade and Production Data
  • Asia/Oceania - Trade and production data
  • Europe - Trade and production data
  • McCloskey Price Data

• News Categories

• Mining
• Markets - Steam Coal
• Power
• Corporate
• Transport & Logistics
• Trade
• People
• Carbon & Sparks

Search Facility and PDF Archive

As a subscriber to IHS McCloskey Coal Report, you get access to a full archive of stories from IHS McCloskey Coal Report dating back to January 2001. You can also access the last five PDFs of IHS McCloskey Coal Report. If you require anything further back, please email us. To access the PDF archive, select the relevant issue on the left hand side of the screen, underneath the navigation bar.

If you subscribe to the FAX as well, you will also be able to read FAX stories online from the archive.

How to use the search function

The search button at the top of the page will enable you to search the database based on specific criteria or just key words.

There are two ways to query the database of stories:

• Keyword - by typing in your keyword in the text box next to SEARCH at the top of the page
• Advanced search - click on the Advanced search link at the top of the page

For issues published prior to May 2005, use the keyword search.

For issues published after May 2005, you can narrow your search using the following criteria: coal type; region; country; date from and to; topic and sector.

Coal type

• Anthracite
• Coke
• Metallurgical
• Steam/thermal

Topic

• Corporate
• Environment
• Mining
• Tenders/settlements
• Transportation

Sector

• Cement
• Nuclear
• Other industrial
• Power
• Steel

If you have any queries on using the search, please contact sales on +44 1730 265095, or email Customer Services.