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Plant locations in 2015 World coke plants The chart illustrates the locations of ~400 metallurgical coke plants . Roughly 35% of the world's coke plants are to be found in China, with India (~10% of plants) the next most popular location. The largest facilities are to be found in Japan [JFE Steel, West Works Kurashiki and Fukuyama, each with ~4.5 mt/year coke capacity] with Poland's Zdieszowice plant notable also in terms of size [capacity of ~4.4 mt/year]. Chinese seamless tube plants Approx ~64 seamless tube plants can be identified in China. The Tianjin Pipe Plant [capacity ~2.8 mt/year] appears to be amongst the largest of these facilities. Some plants however (including those of Changcheng Steel, Guangxi Liuzhou Iron & Steel, Guangzhou Iron & Steel Enterprise Group, Jiangsu Xigang, Tangshan Jianlong Industry, Kunming Iron & Steel Group, Bohai Drill Pipe, Fushun Special Steel and Yantai Steel) may not currently be operational.

// China’s steel capacity continues its expansion, which was boosted by 2010’s rapid domestic growth and steel mills’ profits increases. However, it imposes considerable uncertainty upon the future development of Chinese steel industry when the Central Government accelerates its strategic plan of industrial restructure and upgrading. Chinese government has strengthens its implementation of “eliminating inefficient capacity” policy since 2010, strictly restricting new projects opening, while tightening its control over electricity supplies to meet targets set for “energy-saving & emission-reduction”. Under this circumstance, SMM Metals believes the capacity restriction initiatives will continue into 2011, while the roles of these initiatives // http://hq-web03.ita.doc.gov/License/Surge.nsf/webfiles/SteelMillDevelopments/$file/exec%20summ.pdf?openelement http://file.smm.cn/Upload/en/publication/files/China%20Steel%20Capacity,%20201