On December 29, mainstream steel mills in the Tangshan market lowered the price of wet coke by 50 yuan/ton and dry coke quenching by 55 yuan/ton; on the same day, some steel mills in Xingtai and Tianjin and individual steel mills in Shijiazhuang followed suit simultaneously and implemented the same reduction. Liu Lulu, a coke analyst at Zhuochuang News, told the reporter that mainstream steel mills in Hebei have begun the fourth round of raising the price of coke and are planning to lower the price of coke by 50-55 yuan/ton on January 1, 2026. It is inevitable that the fourth round of coke price increases will land. Regarding the future market, Liu Lulu predicts that the overall price of coke will operate under weak pressure in January, and there are still 1-2 rounds of price cuts. After the middle of the year, as the end of the year approaches, the impact of uncertainties such as weather and transportation increases, demand for downstream winter reserves gradually increases, and coking coal prices are expected to stop falling and become stronger. It is expected that coke prices will stop falling and stabilize or rebound slightly from mid-January to mid-February.

On December 29, mainstream steel mills in the Tangshan market lowered the price of wet coke by 50 yuan/ton and dry coke quenching by 55 yuan/ton; on the same day, some steel mills in Xingtai and Tianjin and individual steel mills in Shijiazhuang followed suit simultaneously and implemented the same reduction. Liu Lulu, a coke analyst at Zhuochuang News, told the reporter that mainstream steel mills in Hebei have begun the fourth round of raising the price of coke and are planning to lower the price of coke by 50-55 yuan/ton on January 1, 2026. It is inevitable that the fourth round of coke price increases will land. Regarding the future market, Liu Lulu predicts that the overall price of coke will operate under weak pressure in January, and there are still 1-2 rounds of price cuts. After the middle of the year, as the end of the year approaches, the impact of uncertainties such as weather and transportation increases, demand for downstream winter reserves gradually increases, and coking coal prices are expected to stop falling and become stronger. It is expected that coke prices will stop falling and stabilize or rebound slightly from mid-January to mid-February.