WEEKLY: Run rates at China's coal wash plants rise

Processed coking coal output from the 110 Chinese independent and affiliated coking coal wash plants under Mysteel's weekly survey climbed for a fourth week as of December 10, higher by 8,320 tonnes/day on week on average to total 590,220 t/d. Firm coking coal buying from metallurgical coke manufacturers underpinned the uptick in production, market sources explained.

During the week of December 4-10, the operating rate of the 110 sampled washeries also rose by another 0.44 percentage point from the previous week to average 69.44%. Some domestic wash plants received more orders from end-users during the survey week, especially those coke makers with low stocks at hand, as