Coke demand increased on higher production of crude steel through the BF -BOF route, with hot metal production rising by 7.5% y-o-y to 86 mnt in CY’23. Demand for met coke in other areas of ferrous metallurgy such as sinter and pellet production and the ferroalloys and foundry sectors stood at around 11 mnt, data show-largely stable compared with 10 mnt in CY’22.
