Xi'an Steel Market Sees Afternoon Price Hike, Rebar Up 20 Yuan to 3180 Yuan/Tonne

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.

JFE스틸은 2026년 8월 31일 서일본제철소 후쿠야마 지구에 신설된 제6코크스로의 가동을 시작했다. 이 프로젝트는 2023년 5월부터 2026년 8월까지 약 450억 엔이 투자되었으며, 연간 코크스 생산 능력은 약 42만 톤이다. 이 설비는 일본 최초로 스탬프 충전 방식을 도입한 대형 코크스로이다. 기존의 상부 충전 방식과 달리, 이 공정은 석탄 분말을 압축한 후 수평으로 로 내부에 밀어 넣는다. 제공된 기사에 따르면, 새로운 설계는 코크스 품질 향상을 통해 생산 효율을 높이고 운영 비용을 절감한다.