In January–March, Ukrainian ferroalloy producers cut production by 24.8% to 189.65 thousand tons compared to the same period of the previous year,
according to Interfax-Ukraine with reference to the data of the Ukrainian Association of Producers of Ferroalloys and Other Electrometallurgical Products (UkrFA).
Over the three months, Nikopol and Zaporizhzhia ferroalloy plants (NFP, ZFP) cut silicomanganese production by 34.6% to 135.85 thousand tons compared to January–March 2019.
NFP, ZFP and Kramatorsk ferroalloy plant (KFP) doubled ferromanganese production to 41.05 thousand tons against January–March last year. In Q1 2020, KFP produced 17.5 thousand tons. No production data for January–March 2019 are available.
Ferrosilicon production dropped by 45% against January–March 2019 to 12.05 thousand tons, while production of metal manganese fell by 62% to 0.7 thousand tons.
Pokrov Mining and Processing Plant and Marganets Mining and Processing Plant (Pokrov GOK and Marganets GOK) raised manganese concentrate production by 12.7% in Q1 to 335.5 thousand tons compared to the same period of the previous year.
In 2019, Ukrainian ferroalloy companies ramped up production of ferroalloys by 0.4% against 2018 to 1.018 million tons.
Ferrosilicon manganese production decreased by 6.4% to 804.7 thousand tons, ferrosilicon by 17.1% to 62.56 thousand tons. Ferromanganese production almost doubled and reached 151.1 thousand tons.
Production of raw manganese, in particular manganese concentrate, increased by 10.9% to 1.69 million tons.
Austrian steel producer voestalpine expects profits to rise in the 2026/2027 financial year against the…
In most regional billet markets, prices rose slightly in May—by $10–20 per ton. The Gulf…
Iron ore prices (KORE 62% Fe/Qingdao) began to decline in late May–early June 2026 following…
In January–April 2026, the long steel market in Ukraine saw a significant increase in imports—up…
German steelmakers have warned that prolonged disruptions in rail freight transport threaten the supply of…
The Italian group Marcegaglia is investing an additional €600 million in the Mistral project in…