GACC: China's coking coal imports hover high at 10.6 mln t in Oct

China's coking coal imports registered 10.59 million tonnes in October, marking the second highest record within this year after September's 10.92 million tonnes and rising by 6% from the same month last year, despite a 3% slide on month, the latest data from the General Administration of Customs show.

The import value came in at $1.04 billion last month, edging up by 0.2% from September but slumping 24% on a yearly basis. This translated to an average import price of $98.5/tonne, gaining 3.3% on month, Mysteel Global calculated based on the Customs data. Chinese importers generally showed a firm