The Russian coke producer Altai-koks, a subsidiary of Novolipetsk Steel, has concluded its yearly coke supply contract with the Ukrainian steelmaker
Ilyich Iron and Steel Works of Mariupol for 2007.
According to the contract, Altai-koks will supply
Ilyich with 50,000 metric tons of coke per month.
In 2006, Altai-koks supplied about 172,000 metric tons of coke to
Ilyich. The coke shipments to the Ukrainian steelmaker were temporarily stopped in February 2006 when the Ukrainian domestic coke producers increased their
production. However, the supplies of coke were subsequently resumed in September 2006 due to a drop in Ukrainian domestic coke
production caused by a scarcity of
coking coal.