September 07, 2008

Chinese coke output in July drops by 2.7%YoY

According to the China’s latest statistics, China’s coke output in July hit 28.1079 million tonnes down by 781,800 tonnes or 2.7% MoM from the 28.8897 million tonnes in June 2007 yet up by 4.064 million tonnes or 16.9%YoY from July 2006.

China’s daily output in July 2007 was registered at 906,700 tonnes down some 56,300 tonnes from the 963,000 tonnes in June 2007 but up 135,900 tons or 17.6% YOY from the 770,800 tons in July 2006.

Provinces contributing over 1 million tones are
1. Shanxi - 8.270 million tonnes
2. Hebei - 3.143 million tonnes
3. Shandong - 2.406 million tonnes
4. Henan - 2.011 million tonnes
5. Liaoning - 1.393 million tonnes
6. Inner Mongolia - 1.258 million tonnes

However, China’s coke output during January to July amounted to 184.555 million tonnes up by 20.4% YoY.

(Sourced from MySteel.net)