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…

Ukraine: coke output down in January 2019

In January Ukrainian by-product coke plants produced 896 thousand tons of 6% moisture coke, down by 5.9% YoY. In December 2018 coke production was 924 thousand tons, up from 917 thousand tons in November 2018. Imports grew to 59 thousand tons in January from 28 thousand tons in December 2018. In October-November 2018 Ukraine did…