Ukrainian Ferroalloy Production Doubles

Ukrainian Ferroalloy Production Doubles

Ukraine doubled its ferroalloy output in the first seven months of this year, according to figures released by Ukrainian Ferroalloy Producers' Association.

Output for the period grew to 871,500 tonnes. Silicon manganese production grew 83.1 per cent to 573,700 tonnes, ferromanganese rose 260 per cent to 173,000 tonnes, ferrosilicon 45 output rose 71.7 per cent to 116,400 tonnes and manganese metal production was up 7.7 per cent to 8,400 tonnes.

The country’s largest producer, Nikopol Ferroalloy Works (NFW), raised silicon manganese production 65.8 per cent year-on-year in the seven months to 421,000 tonnes while ferromanganese production was up 460 per cent to 132,500 tonnes. Overall ferroalloy output at Nikopol rose 140 per cent year-on-year to 554,000 tonnes.

Zaporizhia Ferroalloy Works (ZFW) saw silicon manganese production more than double to 103,100 tonnes with output of ferrosilicon 45 rising 120 per cent to 33,800 tonnes. ZFW’s ferromanganese was up 64.4 per cent to 40,500 tonnes and manganese metal production rose 7.7 per cent to 8,400 tonnes. Total ferroalloy output at ZFW doubled to 185,800 tonnes.

The Stakhanov Ferroalloy Plant (SZF), doubled its total production to 131,700 tonnes, while the country's two manganese concentrate producers, the Ordzhonikidze and Marhanets mining and beneficiation plants, produced 846,500 tonnes of concentrate between them in January-July - more than double the production in the same period of last year.

Huge Increase In Ukrainian Ferroalloy Production

Ukraine’s ferroalloy industry confirmed its recovery when the Association of Ukrainian Ferroalloy Producers (UkrFA) reported that production in the first two months of 2010 increased by 2.9 times to 240,700 metric tonnes compared to the first two months of last year.

Silico-manganese output rose 2.8 times to 158,100 mt, ferromanganese production rose 5.4 times to 46,100 mt; ferrosilicon output increased 2.2 times to 33,700 mt, and metallic manganese production rose 86.7 percent to 2,800 mt, all compared to the same period of 2009.

The three largest ferroalloy producers all reported significant increases: Nikopol Ferroalloy Plant, increased its output by three times to 148,600 mt, including 112,900 mt of silico-manganese and 35,700 mt of ferromanganese. Zaporozhye Ferro Alloys Plant increased its ferroalloys output by 2.6 times to 53,800 mt, including 31,600 mt of silicomanganese, 9,000 mt of ferrosilicon, 10,400 mt of ferromanganese, and 2,800 mt of metallic manganese. Stakhanov Ferroalloy Plant increased its output by 3.3 times year on year to 38,300 mt, including 24,700 mt of ferrosilicon and 13,600 mt of silico-manganese.