Ukraine: coke consumption up in Q1 2018

In March metal companies received 860 thousand tons of coke, up by 11% MoM. According to Ukrmetallurgprom, Ukrainian coke accounted for 785 thousand tons, up by 12% MoM, while imports – 75 thousand tons, flat MoM. In Q1 metal companies received 2.55 million tons of coke, up by 8% YoY, including 2.31 million tons of…

Ukraine: coke exports down in January 2018

In January Ukraine exported 3.027 thousand tons of coke valued at $884 thousand, down 4.3-fold and by 45.1% YoY respectively. According to the State Fiscal Service, the main customers were Belarus (48.3%), Russia (27.6%) and Romania (16.87%). At the same time, Ukraine imported 156.913 thousand tons of coke valued at $44.598 million, up 2.1-fold and…

Ukraine: coke output down in January-July 2017

In January-July Ukrainian by-product coke works produced 5.946 million tons of 6% moisture metallurgical coke, down by 21.4% YoY. In July coke output was 906 thousand tons, in June – 864 thousand tons. In July Ukrainian by-product coke producers increased output as local iron and steel works improved output as well. Dneprovsky Iron and Steel…

Ukraine: coke output down in H1 2017

In January-June Ukraine produced 5.037 million tons of bulk coke, down by 22.5% YoY. In particular Avdiivka Coke and Chemical Works decreased output from 1.468 million tons to 1.272 million tons, Alchevsk Coke and Chemical Works – from 900 thousand tons to 125 thousand tons, Makeevkoks – from 503 thousand tons to 127 thousand tons,…