| Coking coal prices and improved market demand, the | | | | level of demand for good coke, Shanxi, Hebei and |
| domestic coke market prices rose to some extent | | | | other places of coking enterprises have said that the |
| there. Ended ended Dec. 8, the current secondary | | | | current inventory is not high steel coke, coke |
| metallurgical coke price in Shanghai in 1750 yuan / ton | | | | procurement efforts have increased in recent |
| in Jiangsu and secondary metallurgical coke price 1800 | | | | shipments of coke in good condition. Shandong, Henan, |
| yuan / ton, Shandong secondary metallurgical coke | | | | coking also reflects the market demand, coking |
| price 1700 yuan / ton, the second in Shanxi Province | | | | enterprises are currently at full capacity, but the little |
| class metallurgical coke price 1650 yuan / ton Hebei | | | | plant inventory, shipping and smooth. |
| two metallurgical coke price 1750 yuan / ton, Yunnan | | | | Steel mills have increased their purchases, but |
| secondary metallurgical coke price 1450 yuan / ton, | | | | also constantly raise the purchase price of coke. |
| has risen 50-100 yuan / ton. | | | | December 7, Hengyang Steel Tube will be the |
| Together, affect the price of coke The major | | | | purchase price of coke up 80 yuan / ton, adjusted |
| factors include the following: | | | | from the standard one metallurgical coke in Shanxi |
| 1, significantly higher coking coal prices, | | | | purchase price of the implementation of 1840 yuan / |
| production costs | | | | ton. Recent metallurgical coke Anyang Yongxing Steel |
| Winter has always been the traditional peak | | | | to raise the purchase price of 50 yuan / ton, the |
| season for coal coal demand, the current small coal | | | | adjusted quasi-one focus (A <12.5%) the |
| mines in Shanxi Province before the end of integration | | | | implementation of the purchase price of 1815 yuan / |
| and consolidation of the northern strain on the | | | | ton. An recent purchase price of metallurgical coke, |
| resources available in the market situation has not | | | | steel will rise 50-80 yuan / ton, the adjusted quasi-one |
| improved significantly. And because rain and snow, | | | | focus (A <12.5%) the implementation of the purchase |
| coupled with increasingly strained capacity by the end | | | | price of 1815 yuan / ton. Recent individual steel mills in |
| of the recent northern steel mills and coking coke to | | | | Guangxi region from the procurement of coking coal in |
| the volume of business decreased. Currently, coking | | | | Shanxi price 1360 yuan / ton, from the procurement of |
| coal in Shanxi Province 9 market prices have risen to | | | | coking coal prices in Guizhou region is 1240 yuan / ton. |
| 1,300 yuan / ton, early in November rose 50 per tonne. | | | | Recently, Henan Jiyuan Steel to raise the purchase |
| Hebei Hebei raised three times the energy mining | | | | price of metallurgical coke 80 yuan / ton, the adjusted |
| coking coal ex-factory price in November. From 21 | | | | secondary metallurgical coke (A <12.7%) the |
| November onwards, its ex-factory prices of long-term | | | | implementation of the purchase price of 1730 yuan / |
| users coking coal up 60 to 1,100 yuan / ton (excluding | | | | ton. |
| tax), long-term users of non-raised 170 yuan / ton, auto | | | | 3, coke companies have raised prices |
| transport customer implementation of 1,320 yuan / ton | | | | As the demand for improved and the prices of |
| (including tax price of 1544 yuan / ton), train | | | | coke, coke companies will raise prices more strongly. |
| transportation customers implement 1300 yuan / ton | | | | December 1, Coking Industry Association of Hebei |
| (tax included price of 1521 yuan / ton). Affected by this, | | | | Province issued a notice saying recently by the |
| the present Hebei 9 coking coal market price rose to | | | | frequent coal mine accidents and the impact of tight |
| 1520 yuan / ton, early in November rose 260 yuan / | | | | capacity, coal prices soaring, the association raised the |
| ton. | | | | price of coke made in December 50-80 yuan / ton, |
| 2, market demand, tight supply of coke | | | | two metallurgical coke guide price of 1750 yuan? tons. |
| resources | | | | And stressed that the market in mid-coke prices may |
| Continued high domestic steel production, coke | | | | continue to rise. |
| demand is more robust, according to China Steel | | | | Based on current coal, coke, iron and steel |
| Association statistics, in November 2009 member | | | | market changes, Shanxi Coking Industry Association, |
| companies in mid-Steel Association (73) crude steel | | | | through research, presented in December 2009 |
| production was 12,469,600 tons, average daily | | | | guidance on the coke market, quality to sulfur 0.7, the |
| production was 1.247 million tons / day; forecast In | | | | coke ash 12.5 for the benchmark December coke |
| mid-November produced 15.9952 million tons | | | | Price (car board tax included) minimum 1,750 yuan / |
| nationwide, average daily production of 1,599,500 tons / | | | | ton. |
| day. As the iron and steel production to maintain a high | | | | |