MYSTEEL: China's coking plants deepen output cuts as losses widen

China's coke market has stayed firm recently as coking plants deepen production cuts to counter widening losses from soaring coking coal prices, according to Mysteel's latest survey.

The pullback spread across major coke-producing regions this week. Inner Mongolia plants slashed output by a further 10-30%, Shaanxi and Shanxi producers cut 10-20% more, and plants in Shandong and Anhui trimmed another 10%. Most coking plants remain deep in the red. Feedback from coking plants and steel mills in