In mid-March (March 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 1,905.4/mt ($284.0/mt), remaining stable and decreasing by RMB 68.5/mt ($10.2/mt) or 3.5 percent, respectively, compared to prices in early March (March 1-10), as announced by China’s National Bureau of Statistics.