The calorific value of 1kg of coke is 3.0×107J.

Coke has a wide range of uses. It can not only be used as a reducing agent, energy source and carbon supply agent for blast furnace ironmaking, cupola casting, ferroalloy smelting and non-ferrous metals copper, lead, zinc, titanium, antimony and mercury. Blast furnace smelting of non-ferrous metals can also be used in fields such as calcium carbide production, gasification and synthetic chemistry, and its role is relatively significant.

Industry status quo

Overview

The coke market is relatively deserted, with sluggish demand and slight price adjustments. Both domestic and foreign markets have shown low demand. It is expected that in the short term The domestic coke market will maintain a stable adjustment pattern.

At present, the coke market has abundant resources, steel mills are not actively purchasing, and steel mills are still not optimistic about the future steel market. At the same time, the price of coking coal continues to run at a high level. The local high-quality main coking clean coal in Shanxi is around 1,200 yuan/ton. Looking across the country, coking companies have been forced to significantly restrict production. Some companies have already stopped production, and the extent of production restrictions is also small. All are above 50%, and some small coking plants only maintain coke oven heat preservation.