China Iron and Steel Association Reports 6.93 Million Tonnes of Steel Social Inventory in Early November

SNT Energy announced on 2 September that it had signed a contract with Korea South-East Power Co., Ltd. to supply heat recovery steam generators for the Hadong LNG combined-cycle power plant. The contract is valued at approximately KRW 128.2 billion and runs from September 2026 to December 2029. SNT Energy will form a consortium with Doosan Enerbility and will be responsible for supplying the heat recovery steam generators, a core component of the combined-cycle plant. The project is intended to replace the aging Hadong coal-fired Units 2 and 3 with a new high-efficiency LNG combined-cycle power plant, but their formal retirement date, the commissioning date of the new gas-fired plant, current coal consumption, or the volume of coal demand expected to be displaced is not being disclosed yet.

The U.S. Energy Information Administration reported coal production of 10.953 million short tons for the week ending August 29, 2026, up approximately 3.4% from 10.595 million short tons in the previous week and 2.5% from 10.686 million short tons in the corresponding week of 2025. Year-to-date U.S. coal production reached 341.383 million short tons, remaining 2.4% below the 349.951 million short tons produced during the same period of 2025. Western production totaled 6.072 million short tons during the week, accounting for approximately 55.4% of national output. Appalachian and Interior production stood at 3.274 million and 1.607 million short tons, respectively. Wyoming was the largest individual state producer listed in the article, with weekly output of 4.624 million short tons.

JFE Steel inició las operaciones de su nuevo Horno de Coque N.º 6 en la zona de Fukuyama de su planta West Japan Works el 31 de agosto de 2026. El proyecto se construyó entre mayo de 2023 y agosto de 2026 con una inversión de aproximadamente 45 mil millones de yenes y tiene una capacidad anual de producción de coque de alrededor de 420.000 toneladas. La instalación es el primer horno de coque a gran escala de Japón en adoptar el método de carga por apisonado. A diferencia de la carga superior convencional, el proceso compacta el polvo de carbón antes de empujarlo horizontalmente hacia el interior del horno. Según el artículo suministrado, el nuevo diseño mejora la eficiencia de producción y reduce los costos operativos gracias a una mejor calidad del coque.