WEEKLY: China's coking coal production rises from lows

Production activity at Chinese coking coal mines gathered pace slightly during the past week, lifting the domestic supply from its previous lows. Market players expect coal mines' output of the steelmaking material to fluctuate at relatively low levels in the coming week, in tandem with some mines' output cuts near the year-end.

The combined daily output of raw coal at the 523 coking coal mines that Mysteel surveys nationwide increased by 1.53% from the previous week to average 1.93 million tonnes/day over December 11-17, marking the first rise after declines for three straight weeks. Survey respondents revealed that this output rebound was