[Expédition mensuelle d'acier SMM] Les départs des ports de 32 ports chinois ont diminué de 26 % en glissement mensuel en février

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 a mis en service son nouveau four à coke n° 6 dans la zone de Fukuyama de son complexe ouest du Japon le 31 août 2026. Le projet a été construit entre mai 2023 et août 2026 pour un investissement d'environ 45 milliards de yens, avec une capacité de production annuelle d'environ 420 000 tonnes de coke. Cette installation est le premier grand four à coke du Japon à adopter le procédé de chargement par compactage. Contrairement au chargement par le haut conventionnel, ce procédé compacte la poudre de charbon avant de la pousser horizontalement dans le four. Selon l'article fourni, cette nouvelle conception améliore l'efficacité de production et réduit les coûts d'exploitation grâce à une meilleure qualité du coke.