Industrial imports · African coal
RB3
RB3 is the grade buyers choose when the heat value can be lower and the ash can be higher. Emaan Logistics shows the typical range and quotes the certificate that comes with the coal.
Overview
RB3 is the lower grade on this list: a 5,500 kcal/kg basis, minimum 5,300, with ash allowed up to 23 percent.
- Named as RB3 on the quotation
- 5,500 kcal/kg basis
- Ash and moisture wider than RB1
Import · African coal · RB3
- Packaging
- Bulk, unless the quotation names another form.
- Origin
- African steam coal, typically described against Richards Bay ranges.
- Destination
- Pakistan, discharged through Karachi unless another port is named.
- Documentation
- Commercial invoice, weight documents, and the certificate of analysis for the shipment.
Typical specification
These figures are the typical Richards Bay steam-coal ranges buyers use to name a grade. A quotation follows the certificate of analysis for that shipment.
- Calorific value basis
- 5,500 kcal/kg NCV
- Calorific value minimum
- 5,300 kcal/kg NCV
- Total moisture
- 14.0% max, as received
- Volatile matter
- 20.0% min, as received
- Ash
- 23.0% max, as received
- Sulphur
- 1.0% max, as received
- HGI
- 45–70
- Nominal topsize
- 50 mm