DMZ resumes production of two types of coke in summer

This was facilitated by the partial restart of ferroalloy plants in Ukraine

Dnipro Metallurgical Plant (DMZ), a member of DCH Steel Group, resumed production of two types of coke in the summer – for steel and ferroalloy enterprises. This was announced by Yuriy Kravchenko, Deputy CEO for Quality and Technology, according to the DCH corporate newspaper.

“In the summer, an important and long-awaited event took place for the iron and steel industry: Ukraine’s ferroalloy plants resumed operations. As a result, DMZ switched to producing two types of coke. It is not easy to produce two types of coke, given the difficult situation with raw materials, but the specialists of the coke and chemicals division are successfully fulfilling this task. I consider the production of two types of coke at the same time to be the main objective of the coke production in 2024. Unfortunately, the main factor with a minus sign is the reduction of the coal base,” comments Kravchenko.

At the same time, he said, 2024 was the most difficult year since the beginning of the full-scale invasion in terms of raw material shortages: the coking coal range was reduced and production volumes decreased. The teams of the few operating mines under constant shelling are forced to make incredible efforts to fulfill their contractual obligations.

“This certainly affects the technological processes of coke production. Given the limited coal grades and reduced supply volumes, coke chemists must ensure the quality of finished products required by contractors,” said the Deputy General Director for Quality and Technology of DMZ.

In order to maintain high quality coke in 2024, given the situation with raw materials, the company has significantly increased the number of coal incoming inspection analyzes. In addition, under the terms of its cooperation with ferroalloy plants, DMZ constantly cooperates with SGS, a global leader in the field of expertise, testing and certification. SGS experts are present at the coke plant site on a daily basis to monitor all stages of coke production, shipment, sampling, analysis, etc.

As GMK Center reported earlier, in October 2024, DMZ increased coke production by 1.9% compared to the previous month, but decreased by 7.5% y/y – to 24.5 thousand tons. In January-October, the figure decreased by 1.2% y/y – to 242.6 thousand tons.

Dnipro Metallurgical Plant is one of the largest steel enterprises in Ukraine. It is part of DCH Steel, a division of DCH Group. DMZ produces the largest range of channels and angles in Ukraine. Currently, the company is the only domestic producer of special profiles for the machine building and mining industries.