Ukrainian coking by-product plants cut production of metallurgical coke with 6% moisture by 7.1% in 2019 compared with 2018, to 10.059 million tons. The Ukrkoks association of coking by-product enterprises (Dnipro) told Interfax-Ukraine that 769,000 tons of coke were produced in December, whereas in the previous month 745,000 tons were made.