WEEKLY: China met coal wash plants' run rates inch higher

Operations among the 110 Chinese independent and affiliated coking coal wash plants under Mysteel's regular survey picked up slightly during March 12-18, with the run rates rising by 0.59 percentage point on week to average 62.61%.

Total output of coking coal from the sampled wash plants also increased by 2,720 tonnes/day on average to reach 530,200 t/d as of Tuesday, with increased processing seen at both independent and affiliated coking coal washeries, the survey results showed. Affiliated wash plants in Anhui and Henan regions in Chinn