WEEKLY: China's met coke stocks drop despite weaker demand

Despite lower demand from Chinese steelmakers, metallurgical coke inventories held by the 230 independent coke producers Mysteel regularly tracks nationwide dropped during the week to November 6, indicating a stronger decline in the producers' coke supply over the same period, Mysteel's latest survey found.

According to Mysteel's tracking of the 230 independent met coke producers nationwide, their combined stocks had dropped by 2.7% on week to total 365,000 tonnes as of November 6, marking the lowest level since August last year. The decrease came despite the weaker demand of steelmakers for coke feeds amid