The Ukrainian mining and steel producing company Metinvest Holding (Metinvest) has announced that in January-October this year its iron ore subsidiaries produced 29.98 million mt of iron ore concentrate - up 22.2 percent, and 10.251 million mt of pellets - up 9.3 percent, both compared to the same period last year.
Specifically, in January-October, Metinvest's iron ore subsidiary Central GOK (CGOK) increased its iron ore concentrate output by 28.4 percent to 5.09 million mt, but saw a drop in its pellet production by 0.9 percent to 1.8 million mt, both compared to the same period of 2009.
During the first ten months of the current year, Severniy GOK (SevGOK) produced 11.966 million mt of iron ore concentrate - up 6.74 percent year on year, and 8.446 million mt of pellets - up 11.8 percent year on year.
Meanwhile, in the given period, Metinvest's Inguletskiy GOK (InGOK) registered a 37.9 percent increase year on year in its iron ore concentrate production to about 12.928 million mt.