metallurgical coal

Thanks to Chinese demand, the price for premium metallurgical coal, whose low-ash and low-sulfur content makes it ideal for steelmaking, hit a record$ 330 a metric ton in early 2011.

由于中国的需求，优质焦煤价格在2011年年初创下了每吨330美元的纪录。焦煤烟尘少、硫含量低，是炼钢的理想之选。

Arch Coal Inc. trimmed its metallurgical coal production estimate by 21% this year.

Arch Coal Inc.将自己今年焦煤产量的预期下调了21%。

Instead, demand in China began to falter just as Australian metallurgical coal production-interrupted by floods last year-surged back into the market.

结果中国的需求慢了下来，同时受去年洪灾破坏的澳大利亚焦煤生产迅速恢复供应，让他们措手不及。

Coal characteristics analyses denote that Kailuan metallurgical coal concentrates being mainly of fat coal, coking coal and 1/ 3 coking coal with strong caking power, good coking ability and medium ash and sulfur content.

开滦矿区的炼焦精煤主要有粘结性强、结焦性好的肥煤、焦煤及13焦煤，灰、硫含量为中等水平；

Caking property is an important technological characteristic for coal. an main reference index for metallurgical coal.

粘结性是煤的一项重要的工艺性质,是炼焦用煤的主要参考指标.

Meantime, because the international price of petroleum increases further and the price of sea transportation boost greatly, all of these accelerate the demands of metallurgical coal in international market and influence, which result in higher price of inland metallurgical coal.

同时，国际油价高涨，海运价格大幅提升，国际市场冶炼精煤需求进一步增加，必将影响和带动国内精煤价格高位运行。

And proposed some beneficial suggestions for the reasonable using metallurgical coal resources.

并在确保高炉优化用料的同时,提出了合理使用焦煤资源的有益建议.