DAILY: China's met coke makers see losses narrow

The losses among Chinese metallurgical coke producers had eased this week after coke makers won a sales price hike last Friday. In the near term, coke makers should continue to run at slight losses, as room for further declines in their coking coal costs is limited, sources noted.

According to Mysteel's survey of 30 merchant coke makers across the country, as of February 5 their average losses on coke sales had narrowed Yuan 45/tonne ($6.5/t) on week to Yuan 10/t, the slightest loss they had suffered in over a month. This mainly reflected the knock-on effect of the