By KYIV. Nov 9 (Interfax-Ukraine) – In January-September of the current year, Ukrainian coking plants reduced the production of gross coke of 6% moisture by 56.6% compared to the same period last year, to 3.153 million tonnes.
Anatoliy Starovoit, Director General of the association of coking enterprises Ukrkoks (Dnipro), told Interfax-Ukraine that 213,000 tonnes of gross coke were produced in September, including 182,000 tonnes of metallurgical coke,
According to him, in the first nine months of 2022, the production of metallurgical coke amounted to 2.7 million tonnes.
At present, Yuzhkoks, Kamet steel (former DKHZ), DMZ (Dniprokoks), Zaporizhkoks and coke production at ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih are operating, where coke oven batteries No. 1 and 2 are in operation.
The director general also said that in the first nine months of 2022, 3.527 million tonnes of coal concentrate were supplied to domestic coking plants, including 277,000 tonnes in October.
As reported, Ukraine in 2021 reduced the production of coke by 1.3% compared to 2020, to 9.543 million tonnes.
