In January-April Central Mining and Processing Works produced 674 thousand tons of pellets, down by 19% YoY.
According to a company representative, iron ore concentrate output dropped by 11.4%, to 1.536 million tons.
In April CGOK produced 67 thousand tons of pellets and 385 thousand tons of concentrate, down from 200 thousand tons of pellets and 394 thousand tons of concentrate in March.
The decrease in output was the result of the halt of deliveries to the uncontrolled territory and the delay in the search for customers on foreign markets, in China in particular.
In 2016 CGOK produced 2.303 million tons of pellets (on the 2016 level) and 5.224 million tons of concentrate, down by 15.1% YoY. (Ukrainian metal)