Dec 3 （Reuters） - Anglo-Australian miner BHP Billiton （BHP.AX: Quote） （BLT.L: Quote） plans to increase price of coking coal for Japanese steelmakers by about 8 percent from the current quarter for the January-March period, the Nikkei business daily reported.
The paper said BHP plans to sell coking coal to Japanese steelmakers at $225 per ton, which also represents a 70 percent surge from fiscal 2009.
Some Japanese steelmakers are said to have agreed to prices in line with the global miner's demands, the Nikkei added.
Prices on high-quality, Australian coking coal rose for two consecutive quarters through the July-September period, climbing to $225, before declining to $209 in the current quarter through Dec. 31, the paper said. （Reporting by Gowri Jayakumar in Bangalore）
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