NBS: China's coke output rises 3% MoM in May

China's production of coke for all uses reached 42.72 million tonnes in May, up 2.9% from the previous month, Mysteel Global calculated according to the latest data from China's National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). Compared with the previous year, the May reading was also higher by 1.1%.

Stronger metallurgical coke production in May had contributed to China's overall higher coke output last month, Mysteel Global observed. According to Mysteel's survey of 230 independent coke producers nationwide, their met coke output once averaged 523,000 tonnes/day over May 14-20, marking the highest level since early October last year. Their