In January-November Ukrainian by-product coke plants imported 9.1 million tons of ordinary coking coal and coal concentrate, up by 1% YoY.

According to Metallurgprom, coal imports from Russia fell by 19%, to 4.8 million tons.

In November Ukraine imported 910 thousand tons of coal. Local coal supplies in 11 months totaled 5.4 million tons, down by 36% YoY, with 420 thousand tons in November, down by 150 thousand tons MoM.

As of December 1, plants’ stocks of coking coals were on the level of 500 thousand tons.

On the whole in January-November Ukrainian by-product coke plants received 14.5 million tons of coking coal, down by 17% YoY. The share of imported coal increased from 52% to 63%. (Ukrainian metal)

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