WEEKLY: Met coke stocks at Chinese producers fall to 5-week low

Chinese coke producers saw their metallurgical coke stockpiles decline further this week, a result of their constrained production activities plus steady long-term contract deliveries to steel mills, while their spot coke sales showed limited improvement.

As of March 19, met coke inventories at the 230 merchant coke plants under Mysteel's survey across the country dropped by 7.1% on week to 524,500 tonnes, marking declines for the second straight week and notching the lowest level in five weeks. The reduced stocks are largely ascribed to slowed