Yuzhkoks

Yuzhkoks (former Bagleikoks) is a manufacturer of coke products. Its main consumer is Dniprovskyi Iron and Steel Works. The company operates mainly on Russian coal. Kamianske, Dnipropetrovsk oblast, Ukraine

Location: Kamianske, Dnipropetrovsk oblast, Ukraine
Shareholders: Metinvest Holding — 23.71%
Markets: Ukraine
Products: Furnace coke

Production capacity

Coke production 3 coke oven batteries, 1,470 thousand tons, of which one battery is switched to hot preservation

Staff and wages

Number of employees 1246
Average wage* UAH 211,000 per annum

* per worker before taxes

Charts and tables

Production results, thousand tons

7006005004003002001000
2012 623 kt2012
2013 675 kt2013
2014 652 kt2014
2015 565 kt2015
2016 573 kt2016
2017 534 kt2017
2018 557 kt2018
2019 628 kt2019
2020 660 kt2020

Indicative sales structure by products in 2020*

Indicative sales structure by markets in 2020*

* structure of sales volumes, metric tons

20132014201520162017201820192020
Sales174.6142.4113.9107.9127.4166.8166128
EBITDA 0.6 130.5 16.5 5.1 3.03.8-8-12
EBITDA margin 0.4% 9.5% 14.5% 4.7%2.3%2.3%-4.5%-9.0%
Net income -6.7 8.2 10.6 1.3-0.20.9-20-23
Net income margin -3.8%5.7%9.3%1.2% -0.2%0.5%-11.9%-18.3%
CAPEX 4.0 4.0 1.3 0.8 0.90.9621

Key facts

In 2018

Metinvest Holding announced the purchase of a 23.71% stake in Yuzhkoks. The amount of the deal was $30 million.

2017

According to Evraz PLC’s report, in December 2017, a deal to sell a 94.9% stake in Yuzhkoks was closed. The amount of the deal totaled $63 million. The name of the buyer is kept confidential.

In 2016

Yuzhkoks started producing premium coke with the coke strength after reaction, CSR, of 62.4%. Earlier, this indicator had been 50–55%.

Sources: websites of the companies, media outlets