- Eight Linfen coking coal mines suspend output
- Premium coal prices steady; high-sulfur grades slip
Mysteel Global: Eight coking coal mines in Linfen city a major coal-producing hub in North China’s Shanxi province were confirmed to suspend or chop production amid mounting pressures from local safety checks, with their capacities combined at 12.8 million tonnes/year, Mysteel’s latest survey shows.
Of these, seven mines have completely stopped operations due to tightened safety inspections by local authorities or longwall movement, while one mine has sharply reduced output as it prepares to change the mining face, survey respondents revealed.
The suspensions, mainly concentrated in key mining counties such as Hongtong, Guxian, Yaodu, and Xiangning, are mostly expected to last 4-10 days. Some mines, however, were verbally instructed to halt production for just 1-2 days around September 3.
Sources said that coking coal output in Linfen city has declined below normal levels, and it may not recover significantly in the short term.
As of August 27, prices of low-sulfur premium coking coal grades held steady, while those for high-sulfur grades fell by Yuan 10-30/tonne ($1.4-4.2/t). Mysteel’s assessment for the leading brand Anze low-sulfur primary coking coal stood unchanged for over two weeks, settling at Yuan 1,470/t, on an EXW basis with VAT included.
Note: This article has been written in accordance with a content exchange agreement between Mysteel Global and BigMint.
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