DAILY: Supply volatility dominates China's met coal market

The volatility on the supply side continued to steer China's metallurgical coal market on June 30, with the prices for certain undersupplied blending coal varieties specially underpinned, Mysteel learned.

In Changzhi city, North China's Shanxi province, a coal mine - mainly producing low-sulfur meagre-lean coal and owned by a leading coking coal group - scheduled a 15-day maintenance over June 28-July 12, which is estimated to idle 7.1 million tonnes/year of production capacity temporarily and may reduce raw