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Every term is defined twice: once the way a filing would put it, and once the way somebody would explain it to you across a table. The second one is usually the one that sticks.

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Coking coal

Fundamental analysis
Also called: Metallurgical coal, Met coal

The coal used to make coke for blast-furnace steelmaking.

In plain terms

India imports most of what its steel industry uses, so its global price and the rupee directly move steelmakers’ costs.

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Steel spread

Fundamental analysis

The steel price minus the cost of the iron ore and coking coal needed per tonne.

In plain terms

It largely decides a steelmaker’s profit per tonne, and both sides of it are set by global markets.

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