krainian coke and chemical plants (CCP) in January-November this year reduced production of gross coke with 6% moisture by 58.1% compared to the same period last year – to 3.66 million tons.
As reported to Interfax-Ukraine by Anatoliy Starovoyt, director general of Ukrkoks association of coke-chemical enterprises (Dnipro) in November they produced 235,000 tonnes of gross coke, including 204,000 tonnes of metallurgical coke,
According to him, over 11 months of 2022, production of metallurgical coke amounted to 3.14 million tons.
Currently, Yuzhkoks, Kametstal (formerly DKHZ), DMZ (Dneprokoks), Zaporizhkoks and coke-chemical production at ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih are operating.
The general director also said that during 11 months of 2022, the domestic coke plants supplied 4.254 million tons of coal concentrate (11M-2021 – 11.834 million tons), including Ukrainian production – 2.853 million tons, from Russia imported (before the war) 623.9 thou. tons, from Kazakhstan (before the war) – 65.4 thousand tons, Poland – 36.3 thousand tons, the Czech Republic – 38.8 thousand tons, the United States – 448.6 thousand tons and Australia – 187.3 thousand tons. Including 308 thousand tons of concentrate supplied in November, including 299 thousand tons of Ukrainian production.
As reported, Ukraine in 2021 decreased coke output by 1.3% compared with 2020 – to 9.543 million tons.
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In the western, northern and Vinnytsia regions on Thursday afternoon, rains are expected, in the northeast – with wet snow, in some places with wet snow, light frost, icy roads, according to a press release of the Ukrainian Hydrometeocenter on Wednesday.
Wind southwest, west, 7-12 m/s, at night in the western regions, gusts of 15-20 m/s during the day.
The temperature at night is from 3° to 2° of frost, during the day 3-8° of heat, in the west and south of the country up to 10° of heat; in the eastern regions at night 0-5° of frost, during the day 0-5° of heat. In the Carpathian highlands, heavy sleet, icy roads, wind gusts of 25 m/s, snowstorms, temperatures around 0°.
In Kiev on January 5, rain is expected, with wet snow at night. The wind is northwest, 7-12 m/s, gusts of 15-20 m/s during the day. The temperature at night will be 0-2° warm, while during the day it will be 5-7° warm.
January 6, light to moderate snow and frosty roads are expected in Ukraine. In the south of the country and in the Transcarpathian region – mostly rain. The wind is northwest, 7-12 m / s, at night in the west, gusts of 15-20 m / s in Ukraine during the day.
The temperature during the day in the northern and most western regions is 0-5° frost, in the rest of the territory 0-5° warm, during the day in the south and Transcarpathian region up to 9° warm. Kyiv will have moderate snow at night, light snow during the day, icy roads, wind 7-12 m/s northwest, gusts of 15 m/s during the day, night and day temperatures 0-2° frost.
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Oil prices continue to decline on Wednesday after falling by more than 4% in the previous session.
Pressure on the market continues to have traders doubts about the prospects for demand for oil in China, where there remains a high incidence of COVID-19 after the removal of most of the quarantine restrictions.
“We believe that demand for commodities in China will remain weak in the first quarter of the beginning of the year, given the ongoing recession in real estate, a new wave of COVID-19 disease and weak export demand,” notes Capital Economics analyst Caroline Bain.
Meanwhile, fears of energy shortages in the global market during winter, which supported prices in recent months, are weakening, given the milder-than-expected winter weather in the U.S. and Europe, notes Bloomberg.
March Brent crude futures on the London-based ICE Futures exchange were at $81.93 a barrel by 7:10 a.m. Wednesday, down $0.17 (0.21%) from the previous session’s closing price. Those contracts fell $3.81 (4.4%) to $82.1 a barrel at the close of trading on Tuesday.
The price of WTI futures for February at electronic trades of NYMEX fell by that time by $0.27 (0.35%) to $76.66 per barrel. By the close of previous trading the cost of those contracts fell by $3.33 (4.2%) to $76.93 a barrel.
At the end of 2022 Brent has risen by 10.5%, WTI – by 6.7%.
