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COAL_ROTTERDAM

Name: COAL_ROTTERDAM — Rotterdam Coal Price (API 2)
Creator: Energy API
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Rotterdam Coal Price (API 2)

ICE API 2 Rotterdam Coal Futures, Continuous Contract #2 (USD per tonne). Primary European coal benchmark. Source: Nasdaq Data Link / ICE.

Coal Active

Country

USD

Frequency

daily

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API Usage Examples for COAL_ROTTERDAM

Click each endpoint to see the request URL, parameters, and a sample response.

API Request

https://energy-api.com/api/v1/latest?api_key=YOUR_API_KEY&symbols=COAL_ROTTERDAM

Request Parameters

Parameter	Required	Description
api_key	required	Your API key.
symbols	required	Comma-separated symbol codes. E.g. COAL_ROTTERDAM

Sample Response

{
    "success": true,
    "date": "2026-06-13",
    "rates": {
        "COAL_ROTTERDAM": 50
    },
    "dates": {
        "COAL_ROTTERDAM": "2026-06-13"
    }
}

API Request

https://energy-api.com/api/v1/historical?api_key=YOUR_API_KEY&symbols=COAL_ROTTERDAM&date=2026-06-13

Request Parameters

Parameter	Required	Description
api_key	required	Your API key.
symbols	required	Symbol code(s). E.g. COAL_ROTTERDAM
date	required	Date in YYYY-MM-DD format.

Sample Response

{
    "success": true,
    "historical": true,
    "date": "2026-06-13",
    "rates": {
        "COAL_ROTTERDAM": 50
    }
}

API Request

https://energy-api.com/api/v1/timeseries?api_key=YOUR_API_KEY&symbols=COAL_ROTTERDAM&start=2026-05-21&end=2026-06-20

Request Parameters

Parameter	Required	Description
api_key	required	Your API key.
symbols	required	Symbol code(s). E.g. COAL_ROTTERDAM
start	required	Start date (YYYY-MM-DD). Query param name is start.
end	required	End date (YYYY-MM-DD). Query param name is end.

Sample Response

{
    "success": true,
    "symbols": [
        "COAL_ROTTERDAM"
    ],
    "rates": {
        "2026-05-21": {
            "COAL_ROTTERDAM": 50
        },
        "2026-06-20": {
            "COAL_ROTTERDAM": 50
        }
    }
}

API Request

https://energy-api.com/api/v1/fluctuation?api_key=YOUR_API_KEY&symbols=COAL_ROTTERDAM&start=2026-05-21&end=2026-06-20

Request Parameters

Parameter	Required	Description
api_key	required	Your API key.
symbols	required	Symbol code(s). E.g. COAL_ROTTERDAM
start	required	Start date (YYYY-MM-DD). Query param name is start.
end	required	End date (YYYY-MM-DD). Query param name is end.

Sample Response

{
    "success": true,
    "fluctuation": {
        "COAL_ROTTERDAM": {
            "start_rate": 50,
            "end_rate": 50.12,
            "change": 0.12,
            "change_pct": 0.24
        }
    }
}

API Request

https://energy-api.com/api/v1/ohlc?api_key=YOUR_API_KEY&symbols=COAL_ROTTERDAM&start=2026-05-21&end=2026-06-20&period=monthly

Request Parameters

Parameter	Required	Description
api_key	required	Your API key.
symbols	required	Symbol code. E.g. COAL_ROTTERDAM
start	required	Start date (YYYY-MM-DD).
end	optional	End date (YYYY-MM-DD). Defaults to today.
period	optional	Grouping: monthly (default), weekly, quarterly.

Sample Response

{
    "success": true,
    "symbol": "COAL_ROTTERDAM",
    "period": "monthly",
    "ohlc": [
        {
            "period": "2026-05",
            "open": 50,
            "high": 50.25,
            "low": 49.9,
            "close": 50.12,
            "data_points": 21
        }
    ]
}

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Symbol Details

Symbol: COAL_ROTTERDAM
Category: Coal
Country: NL
Currency: USD
Provider: nasdaq
Frequency: daily
Unit: percent

Access COAL_ROTTERDAM via REST API

Get live and historical Rotterdam Coal Price (API 2) data in JSON format. One API, 50+ countries, normalized.

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