Ukrainian coke and chemical plants in January of this year imported 860,000 tonnes of run-of-mine coking coal and coal concentrate for coking, which is 5.2% more than in the same period last year.
According to an information statement of the Ukrmetalurgprom association on Monday, the supply of Ukrainian coal for this period amounted to 280,000 tonnes, which is 11.6% lower than in January 2021.
In general, in January 2022, Ukrainian coke and chemical plants received 1.14 million tonnes of coal for coking, which is 0.5% more than in January 2021. At the same time, the share of imported coal in the total supply amounted to 75.5% in January 2022 versus 72.2% in January 2021.
Some 772,000 tonnes of coke (106% compared to January 2021), including 668,000 tonnes of Ukrainian origin (95%), and 104,000 tonnes of imported coal (4.16 times more) were supplied to Ukrainian steel enterprises in the specified period. The share of imported coke in the total supply amounted to 13.47% versus 3.43% in January 2021.
In addition, last month, 237,000 tonnes of scrap metal were collected (78.2% compared to January 2021), of which 231,000 tonnes (81.3%) were supplied to Ukrainian consumers as imported. Export of scrap metal in January amounted to 6,000 tonnes (31.6% compared to January 2021).
It is noted that the provision of steel enterprises with Ukrainian iron ore raw materials in January 2022 was carried out in accordance with the needs of metallurgical production. There were no imports of iron ore. Export of iron ore for the first month of the year amounted to 3.85 million tonnes (104.3% compared to January 2021).
According to updated data of Ukrmetalurgprom, in January 2022, plants produced some 2.785 million tonnes of sinter (101.3% compared to January-2021), 807,000 tonnes of 6% moisture gross coke (95.5%), 1.786 million tonnes of cast iron (98.2%), 1.851 million tonnes of steel (100.7%), 1.672 million tonnes of rolled products (100.6%), and 91,000 tonnes of pipe products (168.2%).
As of February 11, 2022, of the main operating production facilities, 17 out of 21 blast furnaces, seven out of eight open hearth furnaces, 13 out of 16 converters, five out of 15 electric furnaces and 16 out of 17 continuous casting machines were in operation.
