DAILY: China's met coke firms on tight supply, better outlook

China's metallurgical coke market saw some favorable signs on Monday, as coke supply kept contracting due to lower production zest among coke makers and demand improved with some blast furnace mills in northern China resuming operations.

The continuous profit losses further ate into the production enthusiasm of most coke makers, weighing down their capacity utilization rate. Mysteel learned that some coking plants even planned to further cut operations in the days ahead to help relieve operational pressures. Over July 21-27, the capacity utilization rate of the