Coal, South African export price, US$ per metric tonne (JAN-1980 - OCT-2007 ) |
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| Year | JAN | FEB | MAR | APR | MAY | JUN | JUL | AUG | SEP | OCT | NOV | DEC |
| 1980 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 1981 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 1982 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 1983 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 1984 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 1985 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 1986 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 1987 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 1988 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 1989 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 1990 | 31.00 | 31.00 | 31.00 | 31.00 | 32.50 | 34.00 | 34.00 | 34.00 | 34.00 | 34.00 | 34.00 | 34.00 |
| 1991 | 34.00 | 34.00 | 31.00 | 31.00 | 31.00 | 31.00 | 31.00 | 31.00 | 31.00 | 31.00 | 31.00 | 31.00 |
| 1992 | 31.00 | 31.00 | 31.00 | 31.00 | 31.00 | 29.00 | 27.00 | 27.00 | 27.00 | 27.00 | 27.00 | 27.00 |
| 1993 | 27.00 | 27.00 | 27.00 | 27.00 | 27.00 | 27.00 | 27.00 | 27.00 | 27.00 | 27.00 | 27.00 | 26.50 |
| 1994 | 27.00 | 27.00 | 27.00 | 27.00 | 27.00 | 28.50 | 28.50 | 28.50 | 29.00 | 30.75 | 30.50 | 32.00 |
| 1995 | 34.00 | 34.50 | 34.75 | 35.00 | 35.00 | 34.89 | 36.15 | 35.70 | 35.93 | 35.75 | 36.07 | 35.01 |
| 1996 | 34.75 | 34.25 | 32.92 | 33.67 | 33.28 | 32.40 | 32.10 | 32.03 | 33.38 | 34.25 | 34.14 | 35.04 |
| 1997 | 34.57 | 33.80 | 33.40 | 32.99 | 32.53 | 32.28 | 31.27 | 31.03 | 29.88 | 29.00 | 27.69 | 27.75 |
| 1998 | 27.50 | 26.76 | 26.74 | 27.35 | 27.63 | 27.33 | 26.55 | 26.30 | 26.43 | 26.08 | 26.70 | 26.70 |
| 1999 | 26.50 | 26.38 | 25.05 | 25.05 | 25.05 | 25.25 | 23.78 | 23.14 | 22.50 | 22.50 | 23.50 | 22.58 |
| 2000 | 22.78 | 23.62 | 24.40 | 24.94 | 26.05 | 27.00 | 27.00 | 27.00 | 27.00 | 28.18 | 26.17 | 34.70 |
| 2001 | 34.95 | 34.35 | 35.50 | 35.53 | 34.75 | 34.75 | 34.35 | 34.15 | 33.06 | 33.03 | 31.50 | 30.45 |
| 2002 | 29.70 | 28.95 | 28.35 | 26.83 | 25.75 | 24.38 | 22.73 | 21.25 | 23.08 | 27.35 | 26.88 | 26.88 |
| 2003 | 27.46 | 27.25 | 23.83 | 23.83 | 23.40 | 27.00 | 28.00 | 30.20 | 34.14 | 36.69 | 39.19 | 38.69 |
| 2004 | 41.25 | 42.25 | 42.50 | 47.25 | 52.56 | 62.55 | 68.50 | 63.63 | 61.00 | 59.69 | 60.75 | 54.29 |
| 2005 | 51.42 | 46.63 | 45.30 | 46.25 | 44.88 | 49.13 | 51.31 | 49.50 | 46.63 | 43.25 | 38.00 | 40.42 |
| 2006 | 44.60 | 49.40 | 54.50 | 54.88 | 50.40 | 52.38 | 51.68 | 53.59 | 48.31 | 49.21 | 48.20 | 50.69 |
| 2007 | 50.14 | 51.64 | 53.48 | 51.36 | 50.25 | 56.25 | 58.18 | 60.18 | 62.81 | 73.12 | ||