Ukraine: coke output down in January-July 2019

In January-July Ukraine produced 5.189 million tons of metallurgical coke, down by 5.2% YoY. In July 798 thousand tons of coke were produced, in June – 769 and in May – 917 thousand tons. The drop in production is observed at Dneprokoks and Dniepropetrovsk By-Product Coke Plant. In H1 Ukraine imported 2.9 million tons of…

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…