Ukraine: Ukrzaliznytsia fails to buy rails

Ukrzaliznytsia (Ukrainian Railways) was unable to buy 21.5 thousand tons of R65 railroad rails for 571.8 million UAH in the Prozorro system due to the insufficient number of participants. Only Skinest Rail UA LLC participated in trade. This year, Ukrzaliznytsia intends to repair 507.1 km of railroad. For this it will need 70.2 thousand tons…

Ukraine: coke output down in January-August 2020

In January-August, Ukraine produced 6.46 million tons of metallurgical coke, down by 6% YoY. In August, output totaled 820 thousand tons. In 8 months, Avdiivka Coke and Chemical Works decreased manufacture by 14.6%, to 2 million tons (239 thousand tons in August), Dneprokoks – by 9.6%, to 330 thousand tons (50 thousand tons), Kharkiv By-Product…