DAILY: China's portside met coke trades still checked despite buoyant futures

Trading activities for metallurgical coke at major Chinese ports remained constrained on April 22 despite firm rebounds seen in the derivatives market, impacted by the lingering caution among traders, Mysteel learned.

Mysteel's assessment of the national quasi-first-grade met coke price for dry-quenching type sat at Yuan 1,623.6/tonne ($237.7/t) on Wednesday, flat from one day prior, while the same grade for wet-quenching type also remained unchanged on day at Yuan 1,472.7/t, both including the 13% VAT. The same day, domestic coke futures