In 2017 the major Ukrainian ferroalloy manufacturers – Nikopol and Zaporozhye Ferroalloy Plants (NZF and ZZF) – produced 1.03 million tons, down by 0.11% YoY.
According to the Ukrainian Association of Ferroalloys Manufacturers, silicomanganese production decreased by 0.5%, to 810.67 thousand tons, while that of ferromanganese grew by 9.6%, to 114.5 thousand tons.
Ferrosilicon output dropped by 8.4%, to 92.91 thousand tons. At the same time metallic manganese production grew by 3%, to 7.64 thousand tons.
NZF also produced 1.41 thousand tons of other ferroalloys, while it did not produce them in 2016. (Ukrainian metal)