OREANDA-NEWS. May 16, 2012. Shanxi is China largest coke-producing region with an annual capacity of roughly 160 million tons. Last year the province produced 90 million tons of coke.

By the end of 2015, Shanxi will have managed to eliminate 40 million tons of backward coke capacity and to reduce the number of independent coke plants from 160 now to some 40.

The 15 top coke plants will be able to make over 70 percent of the provinceбпs total output.