WEEKLY: China's coking coal supply shrinks amid tighter safety checks

Mounting safety inspection pressures continued reining in China's coking coal supply over October 20-24, as most coal miners shunned lifting operations and some even curtailed their output of the feed material. The clearly reduced supply mainly underpinned coking coal prices during the latest survey week, Mysteel learned.

Sources disclosed that some mines in North China's Shanxi province – the country's top coal-mining hub – moved to cut back on their coal production last week due to recent safety checks. Besides, some miners in Shanxi's Lvliang and Linfen also reduced their coking coal output due to operational