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Zaporizhkox reduced coke production by 20% in January

4 February , 2026  

PJSC Zaporizhkox, one of Ukraine’s largest producers of coke and chemical products and a member of the Metinvest Group, reduced its blast furnace coke production by 19.7% in January this year compared to the same period last year, from 74.4 thousand tons to 59.7 thousand tons.

According to the company, 73.3 thousand tons of coke were produced in December 2025, compared to 76.3 thousand tons in the previous month.

As reported, Zaporizhkox increased its output by 2.7% in 2025 compared to 2024, to 898,300 tons from 874,700 tons.

In 2024, Zaporizhkox increased its production of blast furnace coke by 2.1% compared to 2023, to 874,700 tons from 856,800 tons.

In 2023, Zaporizhkox increased its blast furnace coke output by 16% compared to 2022, to 856.8 thousand tons from 737.4 thousand tons.

Zaporizhkox has a full technological cycle for processing coke chemical products.

Metinvest is a vertically integrated mining group of companies. Its main shareholders are SCM Group (71.24%) and Smart Holding (23.76%). Metinvest Holding LLC is the managing company of the Metinvest Group.

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