Shanxi Province-based Chinese coal chemicals company Taiyuan Chemical Industry Co., Ltd announced on September 20 that the company’s annual coke output is estimated to see a year-on-year decrease of 200,000 mt in 2012 due to production halt of its coke ovens on September 17. Meanwhile, for the current year, the company forecasts a decline of RMB 300 million ($47.4 million) in revenues from coke sales compared to last year.
In accordance with the environmental plan issued by state-owned Asset Supervision and Administration Commission of Shanxi Province, the company officially closed its coke ovens on September 17.