US-China trade key to met coal, coke outlook: Coaltrans USA

摘要

The US-China trade dispute is injecting uncertainty in global coking coal markets, while Asian demand adds pricing strength into the global market, US met coke producer DTE Energy and other speakers said at the Coaltrans USA conference Thursday. “China is still the 800-pound gorilla in the markets,” Mike Nobis, DTE Energy director of coal procurement, told the Coaltrans USA conference in Miami.