WANTED: Thermal Coal
Buy Requirement Specifications & Trade Terms
A buyer from Australia is looking for wholesale thermal coal. Quantity required: 250000 Ton/Tons. Shipping terms: CIF. Payment terms: To be discussed with suppliers. Review the full specifications and submit your competitive quote.
Shipping Terms & Destination Port
The buyer requires CIF shipping terms. Exporters from any country capable of shipping to Australia are encouraged to submit their best FOB or CIF pricing.
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Verified suppliers can submit their wholesale quotation including FOB pricing, MOQ, production capacity, and shipping terms. Click "Submit Quotation" to respond directly to this thermal coal requirement.
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250,000 Tons of Thermal Coal Sought by a Verified Importer in Australia
An importer in Australia has posted an active requirement for thermal coal, indicating a volume of 250,000 Tons. The buyer has specified CIF shipping, so responding sellers should be positioned to perform on a seaborne cargo rather than a small parcel. The buyer's own note adds: "(gar4100 Specification - we will need a recent lab test/specification); Qty: 250,000 tons per year; 150 to 300 thousand tons per year of dried (to below 10%...". Suppliers preparing an offer should be ready to evidence thermal coal on a current certificate of analysis, covering the assay (for ore, Fe or metal content, silica, alumina, phosphorus and sulphur, moisture, and size fraction such as lump, fines or pellet; for finished metal, grade, dimensions and mechanical properties), reported against standard ISO sampling and assay methods. At first contact, proof of material and a clear statement of available tonnage count for more than a headline price. Quality and quantity are normally established by an independent inspector such as SGS or Intertek, with sampling and a draft survey at the load port and re-check at the discharge port. Thermal coal moves as bulk-carrier cargo, so the offer should name the load port, the vessel class the parcel suits, the laycan, and the tonnage genuinely available, rather than container or packaging detail. Trade terms most often negotiated are FOB at the load port and CFR or CIF to the discharge port; under CFR the seller arranges the vessel through to the buyer's port. Quote Incoterms 2020 explicitly so risk transfer is unambiguous. Payment on cargoes of this size is usually an irrevocable documentary letter of credit, often with final settlement against the inspected content at discharge. A complete first response covers grade compliance against the buyer's note, a delivered price with a clear validity window and any index linkage, proof of material and available tonnage, the load port and laycan, the inspection and assay arrangement, and the bank instrument the offer can perform against.
Frequently Asked Questions About Thermal Coal Buy Leads
How much thermal coal is this buyer looking to source?
The buyer has indicated a requirement of 250,000 Tons. Confirm your available volume against it, state your MOQ if it sits below this figure, and give the production or shipment schedule you can hold to.
What shipping and payment terms did this buyer specify?
The buyer has specified CIF shipping. Quote your price on those Incoterms and confirm the load port and routing your number assumes.
What thermal coal specification has this buyer outlined?
The buyer's own note adds: "(gar4100 Specification - we will need a recent lab test/specification); Qty: 250,000 tons per year; 150 to 300 thousand tons per year of dried (to below 10%...". Match your certificate of analysis and supporting documents to these points in the first response, and flag any deviation from the buyer's stated requirement up front rather than after a sample.
Is this thermal coal requirement still open?
This buy lead is now marked closed and is no longer accepting quotations. It was posted on July 22, 2025. Requirements that pass six months without activity are automatically marked closed, so the most recently posted leads are the most likely to convert.
How do I submit a quotation on this thermal coal requirement?
This requirement is closed, so it is no longer taking quotations. Use the similar active buy leads listed on this page to reach buyers with live demand for thermal coal, and post or follow your own requirement to be matched with new leads.
What HS code applies to thermal coal?
Wholesale thermal coal is classified under a specific HS heading that sets the duty and documentary regime in the destination market. Confirm the exact ten-digit national tariff line with a licensed customs broker before shipment, and keep that code identical across the commercial invoice, packing list, and certificate of origin so the consignment clears in one pass.
Which Incoterms and payment methods are standard in thermal coal trade?
Bulk thermal coal usually moves FOB at the load port or CIF and CFR to the discharge port, quoted on Incoterms 2020 to fix the point of risk transfer. Payment is commonly an irrevocable letter of credit at sight, a telegraphic transfer with a partial advance against shipping documents, or platform-mediated escrow on a first order.
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