Ukraine: coke output down in H1 2019

In January-June Ukraine manufactured 5.189 million tons of metallurgical coke, down by 3.3% YoY. In particular, in June plants produced 769 thousand tons of coke and in May – 917 thousand tons. The decrease in manufacture is due to the drop of coking coal supplies from Russia. Moreover, some metal works shut down their capacities…

Ukraine: coke output down in H1 2019

In January-June Ukraine produced 5.19 million tons of bulk coke with 6% moisture, down by 3% YoY. In June delivery of coking coal to by-product coke enterprises dropped by 26% MoM, to 950 thousand tons. In particular, delivery of Ukrainian coal grew by 28%, to 310 thousand tons, while imports fell by 36%, to 640…

Ukraine: coke exports down in January-April 2019

In January-April, Ukraine exported 3.812 thousand tons of coke valued at $909 thousand, down 2.3-fold and 2.6-fold YoY respectively. The main customers were Romania (36.7%), Russia (20.77%) and Moldova (20.55%). At the same time, coke imports dropped by 13%, to 389.6 thousand tons valued at $120.63 million, down by 14.1%. The main suppliers were Russia…