WEEKLY: China's coking coal stocks at two-month low amid smooth trading

Robust market trading led the stocks of raw coking coal held by the 523 coking coal miners under Mysteel's nationwide survey to fall to their lowest level in more than two months during the week to March 19, Mysteel's latest survey found. Market players maintained their positive near-term views, expecting rises in metallurgical coke prices to further support the coking coal market.

As of March 19, the surveyed 523 miners' combined raw coking coal stocks had dropped another 1.4% on week to 5.37 million tonnes, down for the second straight week and reaching their lowest level since January 8, according to Mysteel's tracking. Many met coke producers stepped up their replenishment of