Ferrexpo’s iron ore production falls in H1 2026 amid challenging operating environment

Monday, 20 July 2026 14:00:31 (GMT+3)   |   Istanbul

Swiss-headquartered miner Ferrexpo, whose main interests are in Ukrainian iron ore assets, has announced its production results for the first half of 2026.

In the first half of this year, the company’s iron ore production moved down by 54.1 percent year on year to 1.56 million mt. In particular, the company’s output of pellets totaled 1.38 million mt, decreasing by 36.1 percent year on year. In particular, the company’s DR pellet production totaled 163,171 mt, up by 99.5 percent compared to the first half of the previous year.

Ferrexpo remains focused on managing its costs and its operations in order to protect its working capital whilst operating within a highly constrained environment.

The company has continued to optimize the product mix between pellets and concentrate as well as manage customer distribution. In addition, there has been a curtailment, over an extended period of time, of operational expenditures across all business activities which will need to be addressed in the future. 

DamlaTükenmez
Damla Tükenmez
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I graduated from the Department of English Language and Literature at Kocaeli University. Since 2020, I have been producing content focused on the steel industry. At SteelOrbis, I write industry news on a wide range of topics, including EU and UK trade measures, regulatory changes, quota utilization, and the statements and views of organizations representing the Turkish steel sector.


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