In January–February 2021, Ukrainian coke companies decreased production of blast-furnace coke by 0.1% to 1.59 million tons compared to the same period of the previous year, according to Interfax-Ukraine citing Ukrkoks association of coke companies.
Members of Ukrkoks association of coke companies produced 755 thousand tons of coke in February.
“February and the recent days demonstrated a slight decline in production volumes. Nevertheless, the demand of steelmaking company is being fully met. Production curtailed a little though,” comments Anatoliy Starovoit, CEO of Ukrkoks.
According to him, both domestic and import sources are now quite sufficient to fully meet the demand of coke plants for coking coals.
In 2M 2021, the following companies cut coke production y-o-y:
In January–February, the following two Ukrainian companies boosted coke production:
In 2020, Ukrainian coke plants cut production of blast-furnace coke with 6% moisture content by 3.9% against 2019, down to 9.66 million tons.
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