DAILY: China's met coke market holds steady, sentimet bearish

China's metallurgical coke market stayed broadly stable on September 15, as both upward and downward price drivers proved weak. Coking coal prices continued to slide, while coke futures and the portside market remained bearish.

On Tuesday, Mysteel Coke Index (MCI) CDQ, which tracks China's national dry-quenched quasi-first-grade met coke prices, remained unchanged from the previous session at Yuan 2,323.3/tonne ($346.2/t), while the MCI CWQ for wet-quenched quasi-first-grade met coke also stood flat at Yuan 2,131.6/t, both including VAT. The market has yet to receive