NBS: China's coke output drops 3.5% MoM in August

China's production of coke for all uses reached 39.92 million tonnes in August, lower by 3.5% from July, according to the latest data released by China's National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). Compared with the previous year, the August volume also fell by 6.2%, the data showed.

On a daily basis, China's coke output averaged 1.29 million tonnes/day in August, compared with 1.33 million t/d in July, representing a roughly 3% on-month decline, as calculated by Mysteel Global based on NBS data. Coke output declined across most of China's major producing regions in August. Shanxi – China's largest