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Coking coal: The new gold?

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Rupert Hargreaves
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Coking coal: The new gold?

Which asset has been the most profitable to own this year? High-quality sovereign bonds and gold have both seen some of the strongest price gains year-to-date, but there is another commodity which has seen its price more than double this year.

The price of coking coal has risen by 105% this year outperforming every other commodity by some distance. Over the past month alone the price of coking coal has increased by 47%. According to analysts at Macquarie, the current conditions in the physical coal market are...

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