In January-July deliveries of coking coal to by-product coke plants decreased by 2%, to 8.28 million tons, including 1.83 million tons of local coals (+17%) and 6.45 million tons of imported coal (-6%).
The share of imports dropped to 77.9% from 81.4% in January-July 2018.
In July coal deliveries grew by 22%, to 1.18 million tons, including 0.4 million tons of Ukrainian origin (+33%) and 0.78 million tons of imported coal (+17%).
Coke deliveries in 7 months decreased by 4%, to 5.41 million tons, including 5.07 million tons of domestic product (-5%) and 0.34 thousand tons of imported coke (+34%). The share of imports grew from 4.6% to 6.3%. (Ukrainian metal)