In the first half of 2008, the production cost of coke was high, the demand and price of coking products were high, and coking enterprises were profitable. However, after the end of August, the market demand for coking products shrank sharply and the price dropped sharply. China's coking enterprises have reduced production or stopped production for a long time, and the cold international financial crisis has made China's coking industry experience unprecedented impact and baptism. Since 2009, with the resumption of production of steel mills, the demand for coke has rebounded. In the past two months, the price of coke has increased by 40%, and the prices of coking by-products such as crude benzene and coal tar have also rebounded. In 2009, the coking industry will continue to adjust and reorganize, and the industry will face the opportunity to change its development mode, promote technological progress of enterprises and promote market maturity.

In addition, with the implementation and implementation of 4 trillion investment projects with "8% economic growth" as the core, and the start of the ten major industrial revitalization plans, China's economy is expected to gradually bottom out, and steel demand is expected to continue to rise month-on-month, thus stimulating the demand for coke products and improving the capacity utilization rate of coking industry. Therefore, China coking industry still has great development potential.