Kamet Steel's Coke Plant cuts coke production by 38% in Jan YoY, but increases it MoM

KYIV. March 17 (Interfax-Ukraine) – The coke division of the Kamet Steel plant of the Metinvest mining and metallurgical group (formerly the Dniprovsky Coke Plant, Kamianske, Dnipropetrovsk region) in January of this year reduced the production of metallurgical coke by 38.3% compared to the same period last year, to 29,000 tonnes.

As a representative of the company told Interfax-Ukraine, in December the enterprise produced 1,100 tonnes of metallurgical coke.

At the same time, in January 2023, the output of gross coke with 6% moisture content amounted to 33,400 tonnes, in December – 1,300 tonnes.

Kamet Steel is implementing a locomotive renewal program: since the beginning of the year, after a major overhaul, two shunting diesel locomotives have returned to the enterprise and are operating. Now, both diesel locomotives operate at the Domenna station – they perform, first of all, the tasks of installing iron and slag carriers for blast furnaces and transporting pig iron to the mixing department of the converter shop.

“A thorough repair prolongs the life of the machines by other six or seven years while maintaining their normal performance,” Deputy Head of the Railway Transport Department for Engineering Oleksandr Nastek said.

Currently, 31 locomotives are operating at Kamet Steel to transport goods by rail for the enterprise.