According to preliminary data, Ukrainian coking plants reduced their production of metallurgical coke of 6-per-cent humidity by 11.2 per cent against 2008 down to 17.38 m t.
As Anatoly Starovoyt (Ukrkoks, CEO) informs, 1.556 m t of coke were produced in December. In 2008, Ukraine has already reduced its coke output by 5.4 per cent against 2007 down to 19.465 m t, he reminds.
In 2009, the volume of coal concentrate cleaned from domestic coal amounted to c 17 m t, while its import declined.