The Ukrainian mining and steel group Metinvest has announced that in 2010 its coal and coke division's output of coke increased by 19 percent year on year to about 5.737 million mt, including about 4.9 million mt of dry coke for use in blast furnaces - up 19 percent compared to 2009.
Specifically, in 2010, Metinvest's Avdiivka Coke Plant saw its gross coke output increase by 28 percent to 3.585 million mt, while Azovstal registered a 6.3 percent rise in its gross coke production to 2.15 million mt, both compared to 2009.