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February 2015 | Steel Raw Materials


European coal and coke sector hit by Polish strikes: Coking Coal and Coke Market Analysis


ArcelorMittal’s Polish coke plants (Zdzieszowice and Krakow) rely heavily on domestic coal, particularly from JSW.

The Polish coal sector is currently struggling with an indefinite strike by the coal mining unions, which is now in its second week. The strike is aimed predominantly at Jastrzebska Spolka Weglowa (JSW), the largest coal producer in the European Union, which claims that output has already been cut by 530 kt, and sales by 445 kt. The losses are costing the company about $7 M a day in revenue. JSW has stocks of 1m tonnes, accounting for about 5% of annual sales.

ArcelorMittal’s Polish coke plants (Zdzieszowice and Krakow) rely heavily...

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