WEEKLY: China's met coke stocks ease as northern mills restock

The inventory decline witnessed among the 230 independent metallurgical coke producers under Mysteel's nationwide survey continued during December 26-December 31, as a few Chinese integrated mills in northern regions stepped up replenishment following consecutive reductions in met coke prices.

During the survey period, the combined inventories of met coke held by the 230 surveyed producers declined for a second week to reach 487,000 tonnes as of December 31, down 2.9% from the previous week, according to Mysteel's tracking data. The decline was mainly driven by stronger buying interest from