MONTHLY: China's met coke output seen dropping further in Feb

Metallurgical coke production in China is expected to slow further this month, driven by the coke makers' poor profits and limited demand from steelmakers, Mysteel's new monthly report on the commodity predicts.

Compared with early January, the average output of met coke during January 22-28 among the 230 independent producers under Mysteel's nationwide survey had eased by 1.2% to 495,100 tonnes/day. The report expects this downtrend to extend into February, the slide being a symptom of the prolonged margin losses that began