LONDON AND SINGAPORE, 1 July 2025
globalCOAL® announced today the launch of a revised version of its Richards Bay RB4 4800 thermal coal RSS — one of the key specifications under the Standard Coal Trading Agreement (SCoTA®).
The updated RSS incorporates the latest RBCT regulations, as well as current nomination, delivery and demurrage practices in the Richards Bay coal market.
These enhancements aim to support liquidity and transparency in the RB4 4800 market, and form part of globalCOAL’s commitment to the continuous improvement of SCoTA.
The RB4 4800 RSS (Version 2) is now available on the globalCOAL website to all licensees, and will take effect on 31 July 2025.
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About globalCOAL
globalCOAL® provides a venue for online trading of thermal and metallurgical coal. Its standard specifications and delivery terms and conditions (SCoTA®) enable quick and efficient transactions, whether online or offline. The reliable and objective data its trading platform generates has helped bring much needed transparency and price visibility in the seaborne thermal and metallurgical coal markets. globalCOAL is a trading name of Global Commodities Holdings. For more information, please visit www.globalcoal.com.
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LONDON, 2 June 2025
Global Commodities Holdings (GCH) is delighted to announce the appointment of Rico Feller, Head of Group Business Controlling at EP Resources, to its Board of Directors.
Mr Feller brings extensive experience to the Board, having held senior corporate finance roles at leading firms including Glencore and Xstrata.
His appointment follows EP Resources’ recent acquisition of a strategic stake in Global Commodities Holdings. This collaboration comes at a pivotal moment for GCH, as the company expands its pioneering model of standardisation and price transparency into new markets—such as Class 1 nickel, manganese, alumina and bauxite, and other critical materials essential to the global energy transition.
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About Global Commodities Holdings
Following more than two decades of providing a standardised, transparent marketplace to the international seaborne coal market through globalCOAL, Global Commodities Holdings has expanded its offering by adapting its model to provide a venue for the trading of physical metal commodities based on standardised T&Cs. The objective, verifiable pricing data generated by sales and purchase activity on the platform is used to generate robust benchmarks, calculated on the basis of a tried-and-tested methodology. This transformative model has been applied to the market for Class 1 nickel, with more metal commodities in development.
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