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Coke Smelting in China - Market Research Report (2014-2029)

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Revenue

$126.5bn

2024

$126.5bn

Past 5-Year Growth

Profit

$X.Xbn

Employees

300k

Businesses

510

Wages

$X.Xbn

Coke Smelting in China industry analysis

The Coke Smelting industry in China is expected to increase at an annualized rate of 0.2% over the five years through 2024 to $126.5 billion. This result has been due to changing demands from downstream industries, increasing levels of environmental protection requirements, and fluctuation in the prices of industry products. Industry revenue decreased by 5.5% and 0.1% in 2021 and 2022, respectively.
Industry profit is relatively low, expected to account for 6.7% of revenue in 2024. Total wages are expected to rise by an annualized 1.1% over the five years through 2024 to $2.3 billion. This trend is despite the industry benefiting from downstream solid demand and increasing coke prices in the current year.
Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, there have been significant fluctuations in exports related to trade policies and transportation logistics in the past few years. Exports are expected to increase at an annualized 5.2% over the five years through 2024 to total $4.4 billion. China's growing emphasis on natural resource reserves will lead to an increase in imports. Competing imports are estimated to increase at an average rate of 2.1% in the next five years. Competing imports are moderate in the industry, accounting for an estimated 27.0% of domestic demand in 2024.
Under the implementation of environmental protection policies, more and more industry enterprises are transforming towards green production. Industry enterprises improve production technology, reduce carbon emissions, and increase the utilization rate of production factors.
The industry's performance is forecast to develop steadily over the next five years. Industry revenue is projected to increase at an annualized 0.8% over the five years through 2029 to total $131.9 billion. Large companies in the industry are anticipated to increase their market shares through consolidation over the period, causing industry concentration to rise. Coking companies affiliated with iron and steel companies are anticipated to increase their market share over the next five years as large iron and steel companies establish more production capacity of coke smelting to support business operations.

Trends and Insights

  • The industry actively eliminates outdated production capacity. Under the guidance of the Government, industry enterprises actively cooperate, optimize production structure, and improve production efficiency.
  • The downstream industries are mainly steel, metallurgy, and chemical industry. The domestic steel industry consumes coke for about 85% of the coke output.
  • Coke Smelting in China presents regional concentration. Industry enterprises are located mainly in Shanxi, Shaanxi, and Inner Mongolia provinces, close to coal and steel production areas.
  • The industry concentration level is low. The top four industry participants, namely Meijin, Shanxi Coking Coal, Risun, and Kailuan are estimated to account for 16.7% of industry revenue in 2024.

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Industry Statistics and Trends

Market size and recent performance (2014-2029)

Industry revenue has grown at a CAGR of 0.2 % over the past five years, to reach an estimated $126.5bn in 2024.

Trends and Insights

The industry demand is greatly influenced by downstream industries

  • The production of iron and steel products heavily influences demand for coking products. China is the most extensive production base and market of iron and steel products globally, supporting the huge market demand for industry products.
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Coke Smelting in China
Revenue (2014-2029)
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Industry outlook (2024-2029)

Market size is projected to grow over the next five years.

Trends and Insights

The improvement of urbanization level promotes the increase of industry scale

  • The urbanization rate in China is forecast to further increase over the next five years. In 2023, the urbanization rate reached 66.5%. Increasing urbanization indicates large amounts of investment in infrastructure construction, which is anticipated to stimulate demand for iron and steel products.

Biggest companies in the Coke Smelting in China

Company
Market Share (%)
2024
Revenue ($m)
2024
Shanxi Coking Coal Energy Group Co., Ltd.
8,035.5
Kailuan Energy Chemical Co., Ltd. 
3,243.5
Shanxi Meijin Energy Co., Ltd.
3,093.9

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Products & Services Segmentation

Coke Smelting in China
Products & Services
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Industry revenue is measured across several distinct product and services lines, including Coke, Coke oven gas and Coal tar. Coke is the largest segment of the Coke Smelting in China.

Trends and Insights

Coke is one of the traditional coal-chemical products and the core product of the industry

  • Coke is a type of solid fuel obtained by dry distillation of coal at a high temperature of approximately 1,000 centigrade. Coke is mainly used in smelting iron, ferroalloy and non-ferrous metals as a reductant, fuel, as well as a carbon agent.
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Table of Contents

About this industry

Industry definition

Companies in the Coke Smelting industry in China mainly use hard coals and lignite as raw materials to produce coke, coal tar, coke oven gas, asphalt and other primary coal chemical products.

What's included in this industry?

CokeCoal tarCoke oven gas

Companies

Shanxi Coking Coal Energy Group Co., Ltd.Kailuan Energy Chemical Co., Ltd. Shanxi Meijin Energy Co., Ltd.

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Related Terms

COKECOAL TARCOKE OVEN GAS

Performance

Get an indication of the industry's health through historical, current and forward-looking trends in the performance indicators that make or break businesses.

Analyst insights

The industry actively eliminates outdated production capacity. Under the guidance of the Government, industry enterprises actively cooperate, optimize production structure, a...

In this chapter (4)

  • Current Performance
  • Outlook
  • Volatility
  • Life Cycle

Key metrics

  • Annual Revenue, Recent Growth, Forecast, Revenue Volatility
  • Number of Employees, Recent Growth, Forecast, Employees per Business, Revenue per Employee
  • Number of Businesses, Recent Growth, Forecast, Employees per Business, Revenue per Business
  • Total Profit, Profit Margin, Profit per Business

Charts

  • Revenue, including historical (2014-2023) and forecast (2024-2029)
  • Employees, including historical (2014-2023) and forecast (2024-2029)
  • Businesses, including historical (2014-2023) and forecast (2024-2029)
  • Profit, including historical (2014-2024)
  • Industry Volatility vs. Revenue Growth
  • Industry Life Cycle

Detailed analysis

  • Trends in supply, demand and current events that are driving current industry performance
  • Expected trends, economic factors and ongoing events that drive the industry's outlook
  • Key success factors for businesses to overcome volatility
  • How contribution to GDP, industry saturation, innovation, consolidation, and technology and systems influence the industry's life cycle phase.

Products and Markets

Learn about an industry's products and services, markets and trends in international trade.

Analyst insight

The downstream industries are mainly steel, metallurgy, and chemical industry. The domestic steel industry consumes coke for about 85% of the coke output.

In this chapter

  • Products & Services
  • Major Markets
  • International Trade

Key metrics

  • Largest market segment and value in 2024
  • Product innovation level
  • Total imports, level and trend
  • Total exports, level and trend
  • Trade Balance

Charts

  • Products & services segmentation in 2024
  • Major market segmentation in 2024
  • International trade, including imports by country and exports by country

Detailed analysis

  • Trends impacting the recent performance of the industry's various segments
  • Innovations in the industry's product or service offering, specialization or delivery method
  • Key factors that successful businesses consider in their offerings
  • Buying segments and key trends influencing demand for industry products and services
  • Recent trends in import and export volumes, country of origin or destination, and expected future trends

Geographic Breakdown

Discover where business activity is most concentrated in an industry and the factors driving these trends to find opportunities and conduct regional benchmarking.

Analyst insights

Coke Smelting in China presents regional concentration. Industry enterprises are located mainly in Shanxi, Shaanxi, and Inner Mongolia provinces, close to coal and steel prod...

In this chapter (1)

  • Business Locations

Charts

  • Share of revenue, establishment, wages and employment in each region
  • Share of population compared to establishments in each region in 2024

Tables

  • Number and share of establishments in each region in 2024
  • Number and share of revenue each region accounts for in 2024
  • Number and share of wages each region accounts for in 2024
  • Number and share of employees in each region in 2024

Detailed analysis

  • Geographic spread of the industry across Asia Pacific, and trends associated with changes in the business landscape
  • Key success factors for businesses to use location to their advantage

Competitive Forces

Get data and insights on what's driving competition in an industry and the challenges industry operators and new entrants may face, with analysis built around Porter's Five Forces framework.

Analyst insights

The industry concentration level is low. The top four industry participants, namely Meijin, Shanxi Coking Coal, Risun, and Kailuan are estimated to account for 16.7% of indus...

In this chapter (4)

  • Concentration
  • Barriers to Entry
  • Substitutes
  • Buyer & Supplier Analysis

Key metrics

  • Industry concentration level
  • Industry competition level and trend
  • Barriers to entry level and trend
  • Substitutes level and trend
  • Buyer power level and trend
  • Supplier power level and trend

Charts

  • Market share concentration among the top 4 suppliers from 2019-2024
  • Supply chain including upstream supplying industries and downstream buying industries, flow chart

Detailed analysis

  • Factors impacting the industry’s level of concentration, such as business distribution, new entrants, or merger and acquisition activity.
  • Key success factors for businesses to manage the competitive environment of the industry.
  • Challenges that potential industry entrants face such as legal, start-up costs, differentiation, labor/capital intensity and capital expenses.
  • Key success factors for potential entrants to overcome barriers to entry.
  • Competitive threats from potential substitutes for the industry’s own products and services.
  • Key success factors for how successful businesses can compete with substitutes.
  • Advantages that buyers have to keep favorable purchasing conditions.
  • Advantages that suppliers have to maintain favorable selling conditions.
  • Key success factors for how businesses can navigate buyer and supplier power.

Companies

Learn about the performance of the top companies in the industry.

Analyst insights

Most industry enterprises are in areas with abundant natural resources. The industry has a huge demand for raw materials, and companies located near the raw materials can red...

In this chapter

  • Market Share Concentration
  • Companies
  • Company Spotlights

Charts

  • Industry market share by company in 2020 through 2024
  • Major companies in the industry, including market share, revenue, profit and profit margin in 2024
  • Overview of Shanxi Coking Coal Energy Group Co., Ltd.'s performance by revenue, market share and profit margin from 2018 through 2024
  • Overview of Kailuan Energy Chemical Co., Ltd. 's performance by revenue, market share and profit margin from 2018 through 2024
  • Overview of Shanxi Meijin Energy Co., Ltd.'s performance by revenue, market share and profit margin from 2018 through 2024
  • Overview of revenue, market share and profit margin trend for 6 additional companies

Detailed analysis

  • Description and key data for Shanxi Coking Coal Energy Group Co., Ltd., and factors influencing its performance in the industry
  • Description and key data for Kailuan Energy Chemical Co., Ltd. , and factors influencing its performance in the industry
  • Description and key data for Shanxi Meijin Energy Co., Ltd., and factors influencing its performance in the industry
  • Description, key data and performance trends for 6 additional companies

External Environment

Understand the demographic, economic and regulatory factors that shape how businesses in an industry perform.   

Analyst insights

The Government has strict environmental supervision over the industry. The industry belongs to high pollution, high energy consumption, and high emission industries, and the ...

In this chapter

  • External Drivers
  • Regulation & Policy
  • Assistance

Key metrics

  • Regulation & policy level and trend
  • Assistance level and trend

Charts

  • Regulation & Policy historical data and forecast (2014-2029) 
  • Assistance historical data and forecast (2014-2029) 

Detailed analysis

  • Demographic and macroeconomic factors influencing the industry, including Regulation & Policy and Assistance
  • Major types of regulations, regulatory bodies, industry standards or specific regulations impacting requirements for industry operators
  • Key governmental and non-governmental groups or policies that may provide some relief for industry operators.

Financial Benchmarks

View average costs for industry operators and compare financial data against an industry's financial benchmarks over time. 

Analyst insights

The proportion of wage costs has remained stable in recent years. Most industry enterprises have already transitioned to mechanization, so the required labor is low and stabl...

In this chapter

  • Cost Structure
  • Financial Ratios
  • Key Ratios

Key metrics

  • Profit margin, and how it compares to the sector-wide margin
  • Average wages, and how it compares to the sector-wide average wage
  • Largest cost component as a percentage of revenue
  • Industry average ratios for days' receivables, industry coverage and debt-to-net-worth ratio

Charts

  • Average industry operating costs as a share of revenue, including purchases, wages, depreciation, utilities, rent, other costs and profit in 2024
  • Average sector operating costs as a share of revenue, including purchases, wages, depreciation, utilities, rent, other costs and profit in 2024
  • Investment vs. share of economy

Data tables

  • Cash Flow & Debt Service Ratios (2014-2029)
  • Revenue per Employee (2014-2029)
  • Revenue per Enterprise (2014-2029)
  • Employees per Establishment (2014-2029)
  • Employees per Enterprise (2014-2029)
  • Average Wage (2014-2029)
  • Wages/Revenue (2014-2029)
  • Establishments per Enterprise (2014-2029)
  • IVA/Revenue (2014-2029)
  • Imports/Demand (2014-2029)
  • Exports/Revenue (2014-2029)

Detailed analysis

  • Trends in the cost component for industry operators and their impact on industry costs and profitability 

Key Statistics

Industry Data

Data Tables

Including values and annual change:

  • Revenue (2014-2029)
  • IVA (2014-2029)
  • Establishments (2014-2029)
  • Enterprises (2014-2029)
  • Employment (2014-2029)
  • Exports (2014-2029)
  • Imports (2014-2029)
  • Wages (2014-2029)

Top Questions Answered

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What is the market size of the Coke Smelting industry in China in 2024?

The market size of the Coke Smelting industry in China is $126.5bn in 2024.

How many businesses are there in the Coke Smelting in China industry in 2024?

There are 510 businesses in the Coke Smelting industry in China, which has grown at a CAGR of 1.5 % between 2019 and 2024.

Has the Coke Smelting industry in China grown or declined over the past 5 years?

The market size of the Coke Smelting industry in China has been growing at a CAGR of 0.2 % between 2019 and 2024.

What is the forecast growth of the Coke Smelting industry in China over the next 5 years?

Over the next five years, the Coke Smelting industry in China is expected to grow.

What are the biggest companies in the Coke Smelting market in China?

The biggest companies operating in the Coke Smelting market in China are Shanxi Coking Coal Energy Group Co., Ltd., Kailuan Energy Chemical Co., Ltd.  and Shanxi Meijin Energy Co., Ltd.

What does the Coke Smelting in China include?

Coke and Coal tar are part of the Coke Smelting industry.

Which companies have the highest market share in the Coke Smelting in China?

The company holding the most market share in China is Shanxi Coking Coal Energy Group Co., Ltd..

How competitive is the Coke Smelting industry in China?

The level of competition is low and increasing in the Coke Smelting industry in China.

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