FIS has played a crucial role in developing the coking coal market, helping transform it from a lightly traded OTC product to the highly liquid cleared market that it is today. In 2019 total seaborne trade was estimated at 306.4 million tons, up 1% YOY. In comparison, over 6 million tons Coking Coal futures traded in the same period with an average yearly notional value of $870m.

Coking Coal futures have experienced an explosion of growth with YOY volumes increasing by 74% representing a large movement of physical users engaging in the Coking Coal futures market.