Abstract
SYNOPSIS: This is a summary report of my address at “The 63rd Cokes Conference” held in October, 1977, in which some observations on metallugical coking coal in Japanese steel industry is expressed on the following subjects.
1. Demand and supply situation of metallurgical coking coal in the nation's steel industry.
2. The price of coal in past, present and future.
3. Metallugical coking coal from new coal mines which are going to be developed.
4. The advanced technology of coal utilization in steel industry.
5. The policy of coal purchase in future.
