MONTHLY: China's met coke prices to trend lower in Jan on weak demand

After buyers had accepted a series of price reductions in December, the downtrend in China's metallurgical coke prices is set to persist into January amid continuing weak demand, Mysteel's new monthly report on the commodity predicts.

In December, demand for met coke in China continued waning in tandem with declines in output of hot metal among blast furnace steelmakers, Mysteel data show. An analyst based in North China's Shanxi province explained that frequent snowfalls last month had further disrupted outdoor construction activities in China's northern