Coke trading to slow as virus disrupts operations

摘要

Petroleum coke buyers are deferring April and even May car- goes as cement plants reduce operations in many countries to combat the spread of the novel coronavirus. At the same time, refneries in some areas, including the key US Gulf coast region, are reducing coke production. The result is likely to be a slowdown in coke market trading liquid- ity over the next one to two months.