INTRODUCTION
1. GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE COKING COAL MARKET
1.1. Coking coal production
1.2. Coking coal consumption
1.3. Coking coal global trade
1.4. Major countries-exporters of coking coal
1.4.1. Australia
1.4.2. The USA
1.4.3. Canada
1.4.4. China
1.4.5. Russia
1.5. Coal transportation
2. COKING COAL AND COKE MARKET IN UKRAINE
2.1. Coking coal mining
2.2. Deliveries of coal to coking plants
2.3. Coke production
2.4. Coke trade
3. PRICES IN THE GLOBAL MARKETS
3.1. Global trends influencing the pricing in the coal markets
3.2. Structure of pricing in the major markets
3.3. Dynamics of prices over the last years in the global markets
4. FORECAST FOR THE NEXT YEAR
4.1. Forecast of economic development in the world
4.2. Forecast of production and consumption of coking coal and coke in Ukraine
4.3. Main risks of development of coke chemistry of Ukraine
4.4. Price forecast for the next year
CONCLUSIONS
ANNEX

Table 1.      Dynamics of pig iron production by countries, thousand tonnes

Table 2.      Dynamics of pig iron production by regions, thousand tonnes

Table 3.      Major countries-exporters of high-quality coking coal in the world (MT)

Table 4.      Major countries-importers of coking coal (MT)

Table 5.      Month-o-month dynamics of coking coal export from Australia

Table 6.      Month-o-month dynamics of coking coal export from the USA

Table 7.      Month-o-month dynamics of coking coal export from Canada

Table 8.      Coking coal export from China

Table 9.      Rating of 15 major Russian suppliers of coking coal to Ukraine according to the results

Table 10.    Main ocean routes on coal transportation to Rotterdam

Table 11.    Production, export, import and visible consumption of bulk coke over the period (thousand tonnes)

Table 12.    Coke export from Ukraine by coking plants

Table 13.    Coke export from Ukraine by countries

Table 14.    Forecast of production of steel, pig iron, coke, forecast of deliveries to coking plants and export of coking coal (concentrate) in Ukraine, thousand tonnes

Figure 1. Production of coking coal in the world (MT)
Figure 2. Increase in global mining of coking coal (to the previous year), %
Figure 3. Geographical structure of coking coal mining in the world
Figure 4. Structure of coking coal export from Australia by regions
Figure 5. Structure of coking coal export from the USA by regions
Figure 6. Structure of coking coal export from Canada by regions
Figure 7. Import minus export balance of coking coal trade in China
Figure 8. Share of Chinese import in the global trade
Figure 9. Structure of coking coal export from China by regions
Figure 10. Dynamics of coking coal import to Ukraine by countries
Figure 11. Month-o-month dynamics of daily visible consumption of coke in Russia
Figure 12. Month-o-month dynamics of export, import of coke in Russia
Figure 13. Structure of coke export from Russia
Figure 14. Rates in the spot market of freight (USD/t) for sea shipments of coal on certain routes for Capesize and Panamax vessels
Figure 15. Rates in the spot market of freight (USD/t) for sea shipments of coal on certain routes for Panamax vessels
Figure 16. Dynamics of coking coal mining in Ukraine
Figure 17. Dynamics of coking coal deliveries to the coking plants of Ukraine extracting the deliveries of imported coal (MT and %)
Figure 18. Dynamics of daily average deliveries of coking coal to the coking plants of Ukraine
Figure 19. Coke production in Ukraine: in absolute terms (thousand tonnes)
Figure 20. Coke production in Ukraine: in percentage terms to the previous year
Figure 20. Month-o-month dynamics of daily production of coke in Ukraine
Figure 21. Export of coke from Ukraine (MT)
Figure 22. Import of coke to Ukraine (MT)
Figure 23. Changes in coke balance in Ukraine (absolutely net-import), MT
Figure 24. Structure of coke import from Ukraine
Figure 25. Dynamics of average prices (FOB, the Australian dollars) when exporting high-quality coking coal from Australia exporting high-quality coking coal from Australia
Figure 26. Dynamics of average import CIF prices for coking coal to the countries of the EU (the US dollar per tonne)
Figure 27. Dynamics of FOB prices for coking coal and volatile coking coal to 25% in different regional markets ($/t)
Figure 28. Dynamics of FOB prices for coking coal and volatile coking coal to 25-30% ($/t) in the markets of Europe (coal from the USA, Poland and Russia) and Asia (coal from Australia, Canada and China)
Figure 29. Dynamics of FOB prices for coking coal and volatile coking coal higher than 30% in different regional markets ($/t)
Figure 30. Dynamics of FOB prices for semi-soft coking coal ($/t)
Figure 31. Dynamics of FOB prices for coal ($/t) which is used in metallurgy
Figure 32. Dynamics of prices of coking coal from Russia when delivering to Ukraine, $/t, DAF Ukraine
Figure 33. Dynamics of prices of Chinese coke (FOB China, 12,5% of ash)
Figure 34. Volume of coke export from China
Figure 35. Forecast of pig iron and coke production, visible consumption of coke and deliveries of coking coal to the coking plants in Ukraine, MT
Figure 36. Forecast of coke and coking coal import to Ukraine (MT)
Figure 37. Forecast of annual average and quarterly prices for contracts for Australian coal (premium brands Saraji and German Creek), FOB Australia, %/t
Figure 38. Dynamics of average export and import prices for coke (DAF), as well as selling prices of coking plants (ExW excl. VAT) in Ukraine
Figure 39. Dynamics of average export and import prices for coking coal (DAF) in Ukraine
Figure 40. The prices of the domestic market of Ukraine for coal К, Zh and G (forecast), incl. VAT
Figure 41. Forecast of average prices over the year for imported coal and coke in the market of Ukraine