Ukraine: coke imports down in January-July 2023

In January-July, Ukraine decreased coke and semi-coke imports by 63% YoY, to 116.485 thousand tons. According to the State Customs Service, in monetary terms exports have decreased by 64.1%, to $55.411 million. In Q1 and in May-June, there were no coke exports, while in April Ukraine exported 668 tons. All in all, in January-July, Ukraine…

Ukraine: semi-finished steel products exports down in January-July 2023

In January-July, Ukraine exported 658.729 thousand tons of semi-finished carbon steel products, down by 76.4% YoY. According to the State Customs Service, in monetary terms exports decreased by 62.9%, to $354.178 million. The main customers were Bulgaria (33.71% in monetary terms), Poland (31.62%) and Turkiye (7.45%). In January-July, Ukraine imported 92 tons of semi-finished steel…

Ukraine: Svyato-Varvarinskaya Factory reconstructs flotation department

The Svyato-Varvarinskaya Processing Factory, a part of Metinvest and Pokrovvuhillya, has finished reconstructing its flotation department with increasing the high-quality products output. The modernization lasted for four years. The precondition for the reconstruction was the change in the coal contents. The number of lower classes of coal began growing. It was impractical and expensive to…