In mid-April (April 11-20) this year, the average prices in China of coking coal and second-grade metallurgical coke were recorded at RMB 1,350.0/mt ($201.8/mt) and RMB 1,731.5/mt ($258.0/mt), remaining stable and decreasing by RMB 3.0/mt ($0.45/mt) or 0.2 percent, respectively, compared to prices in early April (April 1-10), as announced by China’s National Bureau of Statistics.