coke
Consumer demand remains rather low
Coke shipments to Ukrainian metals companies dropped by 12% in 8 months
The reason is lower demand among steelmaking companies
News Industry коксующиеся угли
29 April 2020
In January–March, Ukrainian companies imported no coke
News Industry blast-furnace coke
16 March 2020
Imports of coking coals from Kazakhstan almost doubled
Exports of coke and semi-coke shrank by 43.6% in physical terms
Only ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih and Yuzhkoks were able to ramp up production last year
While coke imports grew by 17.3% in 9 months
Ukraine imported Russian coke for the amount of $169.3 million, which makes almost 85% of the total volume
A 5% growth was recorded, the share of import increased by 1.5 percentage points, up to 81.9%
The domestic market may face a significant deficit of raw materials for coke production