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“Zaporizhkoks” increased production by 16%

Zaporozhkoks, one of Ukraine’s largest coke and chemical producers and part of Metinvest Group, increased its blast furnace coke production by 16% in 2023 compared to 2022, up to 856.8 thousand tons from 737.4 thousand tons.

According to the company, it produced 71.9 thousand tons of coke in December.

“Zaporozhkoks produces about 10% of coke in Ukraine and has a full technological cycle of coke and chemical 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.

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“Zaporizhkoks” increased blast furnace coke production by 30.8%

Zaporizhkoks PJSC, one of Ukraine’s largest producers of coke products, a part of Metinvest group, in January-June this year increased blast furnace coke production by 30.8% y-o-y, to 426.8 thousand tons from 326.3 thousand tons.
According to the company data, in June 2023 it produced 71.1 thousand tons of blast-furnace coke, whereas in June 2022 it was 68.4 thousand tons (4% increase).
“Zaporizhkoks” in 2022 decreased the production of blast-furnace coke by 11.9% compared to 2021 – to 737.4 thousand tons, including 70.8 coke produced in December.
“Zaporizhkoks” produces about 10% of coke produced in Ukraine, owns a full technological cycle of processing of coke products. It also produces coke 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%) that jointly manage the company.
Metinvest Holding LLC is the managing company of Metinvest group.

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“Zaporizhkoks” increases output by 38% in 5 months

PJSC “Zaporozhkoks”, one of the largest Ukrainian producers of coke products and being a part of “Metinvest” group, in January-May this year increased the production of blast-furnace coke by 37.9% in comparison with the same period last year – up to 355.7 thousand tons from 258 thousand tons.
According to the company data, in May-2023 it produced 73.1 thousand tons of blast-furnace coke, compared to 68 thousand tons in May-2022 (7.5% increase).
As it was reported Zaporizhkoks in January-April 2023 increased blast furnace coke output by 48.7% y-o-y, to 282.6 thousand tons from 190 thousand tons. In April-2023 71.3 thousand tons of blast-furnace coke was produced, compared to 52.7 thousand tons in April-2022 (35.4% increase).
“Zaporizhkoks” in 2022 reduced the production of blast-furnace coke by 11.9% compared to 2021 – to 737.4 thousand tons, including 70.8 coke produced in December.
“Zaporizhkoks” produces about 10% of coke produced in Ukraine, owns a full technological cycle of processing of coke products. It also produces coke 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%) that jointly manage the company.
Metinvest Holding LLC is the managing company of Metinvest group.

“Zaporizhkoks” increased blast furnace coke production by 48.7%

Zaporizhkoks PJSC, one of Ukraine’s largest producers of coke products, a part of Metinvest group, in January-April this year increased blast furnace coke production by 48.7% in comparison with the same period of the last year – up to 282.6 thousand tons from 190 thousand tons.
According to the company, in April-2023 it produced 71.3 thousand tons of blast-furnace coke, whereas in April-2022 it was 52.7 thousand tons (a 35.4% increase).
“The increase in production levels in April 2023 compared to the same period of the previous year is due to the withdrawal of production facilities from forced hot mothballing caused by full-scale military actions on the territory of Ukraine,” the press release explains.
As it was reported, in January-March 2023 “Zaporozhkoks” increased the production of blast-furnace coke by 74% in comparison with the same period last year – up to 211.3 thousand tons from 137.3 thousand tons, including 72.8 thousand tons in March, while in March 2022 – 4.1 thousand tons.
“Zaporizhkoks” in 2022 decreased the production of blast-furnace coke by 11.9% compared to 2021 – to 737.4 thousand tons, including 70.8 thousand tons of coke produced in December.
“Zaporizhkoks” produces about 10% of coke produced in Ukraine, owns a full technological cycle of processing of coke products. It also produces coke 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%) that jointly manage the company.
Metinvest Holding LLC is the managing company of Metinvest group.

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“Zaporizhkoks” increases output by 6.1%

Zaporizhkoks PJSC, one of Ukraine’s largest producers of coke products, a part of Metinvest group, increased blast furnace coke production by 6.1% in January this year compared to the same period last year – up to 72.9 thousand tons.
According to the company, 70.8 thousand tons of coke was produced in December, compared to 68.1 thousand tons in November and 68.7 thousand tons in January 2022.
As it was reported, in 2022 Zaporizhkoks reduced the production of blast-furnace coke by 11.9% compared to 2021 – up to 737.4 thousand tons, including 70.8 coke produced in December.
“Zaporizhkoks” produces about 10% of coke produced in Ukraine, owns a full technological cycle of processing of coke products. It also produces coke 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%) that jointly manage the company.
Metinvest Holding LLC is the managing company of Metinvest group.

Zaporizhkoks will focus on implementation of investment projects and improving efficiency of work

PrJSC Zaporizhkoks, one of the largest producers of coke products in Ukraine, which is part of Metinvest Group, will focus on improving work efficiency and implementing investment projects aimed at updating the furnace stock and improving product quality.
According to the company, these are the program goals of the newly appointed acting general director of the enterprise Oleksandr Bekhter.
As specified, Bekhter has many years of experience in the coke industry. He started at the coke shop of Zaporizhkoks, reached the post of deputy head of the enterprise’s tar distillation shop. In 2015-2018 he worked in the production and technical department, then headed it. Since 2018, he has been holding the position of production director of Zaporizhkoks.
“In his new position, Bekhter will focus on improving the efficiency of Zaporizhkoks and implementing investment projects aimed at updating the furnace fund and improving product quality,” the press release states.
Metinvest is a vertically integrated mining group of companies. Its main 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.

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