Zaporozhkoks, one of Ukraine’s largest coke and chemical producers and part of Metinvest Group, reduced its blast furnace coke output by 3.7% year-on-year to 135.6 thousand tons from 140.8 thousand tons in January-February this year.
According to the company, it produced 61.2 thousand tons of coke in February.
As reported, Zaporozhkoks increased its blast furnace coke production by 2.1% in 2024 compared to 2023, up to 874.7 thousand tons from 856.8 thousand tons.
“In 2023, Zaporozhkoks increased its blast furnace coke output by 16% compared to 2022, up to 856.8 thousand tons from 737.4 thousand tons.
“Zaporozhkoks produces about 10% of coke in Ukraine and has a full technological cycle of coke products processing. It also produces coke oven gas and pitch coke.
“Metinvest is a vertically integrated mining group of companies. Its major shareholders are SCM Group (71.24%) and Smart Holding (23.76%), which jointly manage the company.
Metinvest Holding LLC is the management company of Metinvest Group.
