DAILY: China's met coke price rises face uncertainties

While major metallurgical coke producers started their first price hike attempt this year on January 16, several negative factors in the downstream steel market seem to disrupt coke makers' schedule, adding uncertainties to the prospects of the coke market.

Last Friday, leading met coke producers in North China's Shanxi and Hebei – two major coke producing regions of the country – decided to raise their sales prices for all coke products by Yuan 50-55/tonne ($7-7.7/t) against recent surges in their coking coal costs, according to market sources. The