NBS: China's coke output rises 1.6% YoY in Jan-Feb

China's total coke output including metallurgical coke increased by 1.6% from the year prior to about 81.9 million tonnes in January-February, according to new data released by China's National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).

NBS has released combined data for January-February to factor out the holiday effect caused by the Chinese New Year break, which fell over January 28-February 4 this year, Mysteel Global notes. Among the total, Shanxi, the country's top coke-producing region, produced about 16.45 million tonnes of coke over the two