Ferrexpo’s Ukraine operations record lower Q2 pellet output

6th July 2017 By: Megan van Wyngaardt - Creamer Media Contributing Editor Online

JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Swiss-headquartered Ferrexpo’s Ukraine assets recorded a 3.3% quarter-on-quarter decrease in iron-ore pellet production to 2.53-million tonnes in the second quarter.

This brought pellet production for the first half of the year to 5.16-million tonnes, 9.9% lower than the 5.72-million tonnes produced in the first half of 2016.

The company attributed the lower production to a planned 55-day pellet line refurbishment.

Ferrexpo operates two openpit mines and a processing facility in the Poltava region of the Ukraine.