It is reported that the Ukrainian mining and steel group Metinvest in January to November this year its coal and coke division output of dry coke for use in blast furnaces increased by 18%YoY to 4.4 million tonnes of which 464,220 tonnes were produced in November down by 2.8%MoM.

Specifically, in the first 11 months of this year, Metinvest Avdiivka Coke Plant saw its coke output increased by 26.4% to 2.723 million tonnes while Azovstal registered a 6.3% growth in its coke production to 1.68 million tonnes.

In the near future, Metinvest plans to rank among the world top 10 biggest producers of coking coal and coke. In 2009, Metinvest produced 12 million tonnes of coking coal and more than four million tonnes of coke.

(Sourced from SteelOrbis)
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