In March Yuzhniy Mining and Processing Works decreased concentrate output by 0.6% YoY, to 1042.9 thousand tons.
Sinter output grew 2.1-fold, to 230.4 thousand tons.
In January-March UGOK produced 3012 thousand tons of concentrate and 521.4 thousand tons of sinter, down by 1%, but up by 15.7% YoY, respectively.
In 2017 UGOK increased concentrate output by 8.8% YoY, to 12.27 million tons, while sinter manufacture dropped by 10.8%, to 1.858 million tons. (Ukrainian metal)