| 11. | The German Creek Formation lies within the Bowen Basin and is noted for containing hard coking coal of exceptionally high quality.
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| 12. | Lill said the reduced contract volume reflected the lower ratio of hard coking coals being used by the Japanese mills for steel production.
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| 13. | The mine currently produces around 1.5 million saleable tonnes ( 1.65 million tons ) of hard coking and semi-hard coking coal per year.
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| 14. | The mine currently produces around 1.5 million saleable tonnes ( 1.65 million tons ) of hard coking and semi-hard coking coal per year.
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| 15. | Hard coking coal is used to make lump coke which, along with iron ore, is fed into blast furnaces to produce pig iron.
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| 16. | BHP said the new prices would apply to the delivery of 5 million metric tons of hard coking coal to the Japanese steel mills.
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| 17. | Modest price increases have been achieved at the premium end of the hard coking coal market, while prices for lower quality coals have decreased,
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| 18. | Lill said the reduced contract volume reflected the lower ration of hard coking coals being used by the Japanese steel mills in blast furnaces.
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| 19. | "However, in practice, deliveries of hard coking coal in 1996 / 97 should be similar to those in the current year, " he said.
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| 20. | The new tonnages represent a 10 percent increase for deliveries of hard coking coal and a 17 percent increase in weak coking coal tonnages.
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