According to Statistics Canada, coking coal production reached 194,245 mt in October 2017, up 5.7 percent from the 182,512 mt produced in September. On a year-on-year analysis, production reflected a 6.5 percent increase from the 182,329 mt produced in October 2016.
The supply of coking coal in Canada in October reached 263,936 mt, which represents a 15.8 percent increase from the 227,975 mt of supply in September and a 23.2 percent increase from the 214,166 mt of supply in October 2016.