Coke is a key raw material in the steelmaking process. More than 70% of the world’s steel production uses the BF-BOF (blast furnace ? basic oxygene furnace) process to produce it, and coke plays a key role in the production of pig iron in a blast furnace, which is the basic raw material in a BOF. Therefore, the coking coal and coke market is strongly related to the steel market. According to Worldsteel.org data, in April this year, the global production of crude steel increased by 23.3% compared to April last year and amounted to 169.5 million tons (monthly data from 64 countries), and production for the period January-April 2021 amounted to 662 , 8 million tons and was by 13.7% higher than in the corresponding period of the previous year. The biggest increase was recorded in the Asian market. Production in April 2021 was 125 million tonnes there (19.2% more than in April 2020) and the average production for the period January – April was 487.8 million tonnes and was 15.3% higher than in the corresponding period. period in 2020. An intensive increase in crude steel production was also recorded in North America – production in April amounted to 9.7 million tonnes and was 38% higher than in April 2020, while the increase for the period January – April was not so significant and amounted to approx. 3.8%. Increases were also recorded in the EU-27 countries – in April 2021, production amounted to approx. 12.9 million tonnes and was 43.3% higher than in April 2020, while for the period from January to April there was an 11.6% increase (56 million tonnes). tone). All Top 10 steel producers recorded an increase in crude steel production in January-April 2021 – China by 15.8% (production of 374.6 million tons), India by 26.9% (production of 38.2 million tons), Japan by 2.5% (production of 31.5 million tons), USA by 2.8% (production of 27.3 million tons), Russia by 7.1% (production of 25.5 million tons, South Korea by 6, 5% (production 23.4 million tons), Germany by 9% (production 13.5 million tons, Turkey by 16.9% (production 13.1 million tons, Brazil by 15.9% (production 11.8 million tons ) and Iran by 9.6% (production of 10 million tons). Więcej informacji można znaleźć na www.worldsteel.org

As part of the Public Statistics Statistical Research Program (PBSSP), the Institute for Chemical Processing of Coal in Zabrze conducts analyzes of the statistics of the Polish coke industry.

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Author: Michał Rejdak
Department of Cokemaking Technologies
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