DAILY: China's met coal prices stable, outlook brightens

Chinese metallurgical coal prices generally held steady on April 14, and the near-term outlook for the feed coal brightened due to more recovering signs in downstream steel and coke markets, Mysteel learned.

On Monday, Mysteel's assessment of the national composite coking coal price firmed at Yuan 1,099.8/tonne ($150.8/t) including the 13% VAT, or down by a minimal Yuan 0.3/t from last Friday. The price of Anze primary coking coal (ash<9.5%, VM<20%, sulfur<0.5%, GRI>85, Mt<10%, CSR>68%) produced in Linfen city, northern China's