Coking coal samples currently include 43 coal mines in Shanxi with total capacity at 185.35 Mtpa (Luliang, 19; Linfen, 10; Changzhi, 7; other, 17), two in Hebei at 30 Mtpa, eight in Shandong at 85.5 Mtpa. A total of 53 mines are selected, with capacity combined at 300.85 Mtpa. In terms of ownership, 32 mines are private, 17 state-owned and 4 local state-owned.

We decide the number of sample mines in each province based on its production. Priority is given to private mines with higher degree of marketization, supplemented by state-owned or local mines. Due attention is also paid to the type of coking coal produced in deciding the number of coal mines. Mines of same capacity and ownership will be chosen to substitute those mines that need undergo bankruptcy and regrouping. In this case, subscribers will be informed timely.

Coke plants monitored currently include 29 plants in Shanxi with capacity at 45.41 Mtpa, eight in Hebei at 23.75 Mtpa, eight in Shandong at9.2 Mtpa, six in Inner Mongolia at 9.6 Mtpa, and another nine in other regions with capacity of 25.8 Mtpa. In total, 60 coking plants are selected, with capacity combined at 115.6 Mtpa. In terms of ownership, 51 plants are private and nine are state owned.

?We decide the number of sample plants in each province based on its production. Most of the plants are private ones with higher degree of marketization, supplemented by state-owned plants; a few plants in non-major production provinces are also considered. Coking plants of the same capacity and ownership will be chosen to substitute those that need undergo bankruptcy regrouping. In this case, subscribers will be informed timely.