ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih, Ukrainian subsidiary of global steel giant ArcelorMittal, has stated that on November 20 it received a license for the import of 90,000 mt of coke issued by the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine, which will allow it to import the coke it needs from abroad up to the end of the current year.
The company is currently 45 percent self-sufficient in its coke supply requirements. It purchases another 35 percent from other Ukrainian coke producers, while it imports the remaining 20 percent from ArcelorMittal Poland enterprises. The 90,000 mt quota will allow ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih to continue to import coke from the enterprises of ArcelorMittal Poland up to the end of the current year.
On October 30 this year, Ukraine's Cabinet of Ministers approved a decree to increase the country's coke import quota for 2013 from 210,000 mt to 300,000 mt. The country's total coke import quota in 2013 has been allotted to ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih.