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SiteCheck Trade & Energy – Australian Thermal Coal Reference Price (World Bank PCOALAUUSDM)
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SiteCheck Trade & Energy – Australian Thermal Coal Reference Price (World Bank PCOALAUUSDM) is a paid API for AI agents from api.tradeenergy-api.workers.dev, paid per call via x402, $0.002/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-29).
Returns the latest monthly Australian thermal coal reference price in USD per metric ton (World Bank PCOALAUUSDM series via FRED), plus up to 24 months of historical values.
Price / call$0.002
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How this service works
Monthly Australian thermal coal reference price in USD per metric ton (World Bank series PCOALAUUSDM, via FRED). Not the Newcastle FOB spot index or Richards Bay prices; the route name is kept for the owner. Latest value plus up to 24 months of history.
Output
A JSON object containing the unit ('USD per metric ton'), the latest price entry with its date and value, the FRED source URL, a checkedAt timestamp, and a history array of up to 24 monthly {date, value} pairs ordered from most recent.
Example use cases
Energy cost benchmarking for procurement
“Pull the latest World Bank Australian thermal coal reference price and give me the last 6 months of history in USD per metric ton — I need it for our quarterly energy procurement benchmarking report.”
Commodity price trend monitoring
“Has the Australian thermal coal price been rising or falling over the past 24 months? Fetch the full PCOALAUUSDM history so I can chart the trend.”
Power generation input cost tracking
“What's the current World Bank thermal coal price for Australia in USD per ton, and what was it 3 months ago? I'm trying to track input cost changes for a power generation model.”
Technical details
Endpoint
GEThttps://api.tradeenergy-api.workers.dev/api/energy/thermal-coal-newcastle?utm_source=zero.xyzWhen to prefer
Choose this endpoint when you need the official World Bank monthly benchmark price for Australian thermal coal (PCOALAUUSDM via FRED) rather than real-time spot or futures prices. It is ideal for structured commodity tracking, economic modeling, and procurement benchmarking where a consistent, authoritative reference series is required. Prefer alternatives if you need intraday spot prices, Newcastle FOB index, or Richards Bay pricing.
Side effects
- FRED/World Bank data not yet updated for the current month — latest value may lag by 4–6 weeks
- Invalid 'months' query parameter (outside 1–24 range) may return an error or be clamped
- Upstream FRED API downtime could result in a 502/503 response
- No data returned if World Bank has not published data for the requested historical range
Input
Schema · Request body
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| inputrequired | object | |
| output | object |
Output
Schema · Response
{
"type": "json",
"example": {
"unit": "USD per metric ton",
"latest": {
"date": "2026-09-01",
"value": 153.84
},
"source": "https://fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/fredgraph.csv?id=PCOALAUUSDM",
"history": [
{
"date": "2026-09-01",
"value": 153.84
},
{
"date": "2026-08-01",
"value": 140.5082143
}
],
"checkedAt": "2026-10-23T09:38:22.512Z"
}
}Tags
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