Ukraine: coke imports down in January 2017

In January Ukraine imported 76.144 thousand tons of coke valued at $17.183 million, down by 14.4% YoY and up by 44.5% YoY respectively. According to the State Fiscal Service, the main suppliers of coke were Russia (51.37%), Poland (47.8%) and the Czech Republic (0.83%). At the same time, coke exports increased by 30.1% YoY, to…

Russia: Altai-Koks coke output up in 2016

In 2016 Altai-Koks produced 4.06 million tons of coke, up by 0.7% YoY. Capacity loading remained high – over 95%. The company supplied some 84% of the coke produced to the local market, including 76% within NLMK Group. The rest was exported to Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Germany, Belgium and Finland. (Ukrainian metal)

Ukraine: coke output up in October 2016

In October Ukraine produced 1048 thousand tons of 6% moisture bulk coke, up by 0.2% MoM, or by 2 thousand tons. In January-October coke output went up by 12.4% YoY, or by 1186 thousand tons, to 10747 thousand tons. In September Ukraine produced 1046 thousand tons of 6% moisture bulk coke, down by 3.6% MoM,…