CME Coal Futures (CME_COAL_USD)

Status: Discontinued — historical data only

CME Coal Futures - DISCONTINUED March 2020. Historical data only.

This series is discontinued. Last value $34.04 on 2020-03-27 — it is no longer updated.

Quick Reference

Get Last Recorded Price

The endpoint still serves the final recorded value. The response flags it as stale so integrations do not mistake it for a current price:

{
  "status": "success",
  "data": {
    "price": 34.04,
    "formatted": "$34.04",
    "currency": "USD",
    "code": "CME_COAL_USD",
    "created_at": "2020-03-27T12:00:00.000Z",
    "type": "spot_price",
    "data_status": "stale",
    "stale_reason": "discontinued",
    "source": "market_reporting"
  }
}

Historical Data

The recent-window endpoints (past_day, past_week, past_month, past_year) return no data for this series — it stopped updating on 2020-03-27. To retrieve the recorded history, use the Historical Prices API with an explicit date range ending on or before 2020-03-27.

Code Examples

These examples request the recorded history — there is no current price to poll for a discontinued series.

cURL

# Final month of recorded data (the series stopped updating on 2020-03-27)
curl -H "Authorization: Token YOUR_API_KEY" \
  "https://api.oilpriceapi.com/v1/prices/historical?by_code=CME_COAL_USD&start_date=2020-02-27&end_date=2020-03-27"

Python

import requests

# CME_COAL_USD stopped updating on 2020-03-27. Request the recorded
# history with an explicit date range and read the final value.
api_key = "YOUR_API_KEY"
url = "https://api.oilpriceapi.com/v1/prices/historical"

response = requests.get(
    url,
    params={
        "by_code": "CME_COAL_USD",
        "start_date": "2020-02-27",
        "end_date": "2020-03-27",
    },
    headers={"Authorization": f"Token {api_key}"},
)

prices = response.json()["data"]["prices"]
final = max(prices, key=lambda row: row["created_at"])
print(f"CME Coal Futures (final recorded value): {final['formatted']} on {final['created_at']}")

JavaScript

const apiKey = 'YOUR_API_KEY';
const code = 'CME_COAL_USD';

// CME_COAL_USD stopped updating on 2020-03-27. Request the recorded
// history with an explicit date range and read the final value.
const params = new URLSearchParams({
  by_code: code,
  start_date: '2020-02-27',
  end_date: '2020-03-27'
});

fetch(`https://api.oilpriceapi.com/v1/prices/historical?${params}`, {
  headers: {
    'Authorization': `Token ${apiKey}`
  }
})
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(({ data }) => {
    const final = data.prices.reduce((a, b) => (a.created_at > b.created_at ? a : b));
    console.log(`CME Coal Futures (final recorded value): ${final.formatted} on ${final.created_at}`);
  });

Related Endpoints

• Historical Prices - Time-series data
• Commodities List - Browse all commodities