Some coking plants are optimistic over coal prices, citing low inventories as well as strong cost support. Shipments are improving and coking plants have been incentivised to produce.
Steel demand and prices have been rising recently, recovering the profit at steel mills. This increased their production enthusiasm. Trading in the steel market has picked up.

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