【Ferro-alloys.com】: The output of silicomanganese for 6 months amounted to 69.72 thousand tons, ferromanganese – 85.51 thousand tons

In January-June 2025, Ukraine’s ferroalloy enterprises produced 155,200 tons of products, compared to 11,370 tons for the same period in 2024. This is evidenced by data from the UkrFA association.

Silicomanganese production for the six months amounted to 69.72 thousand tons (11.37 thousand tons a year earlier), ferromanganese – 85.51 thousand tons (0 thousand tons). Ferrosilicon (45%) and metallic manganese were not produced.

Manganese concentrate production in January-June amounted to 22.87 thousand tons (0 thousand tons), with all volumes accounted for by Pokrovsky Mining and Processing Plant JSC. Manganese Mining and Processing Plant JSC is idle.

It should be noted that exports of ferroalloys from Ukraine in the first half of 2025 amounted to 54.8 thousand tons of products, compared to 24.2 thousand tons (+126.3% y/y) during the same period in 2024. The largest consumers of ferroalloy products during the period were: Algeria – 15.28 thousand tons, Poland – 14.29 thousand tons (+120% y-o-y), Turkey – 12.98 thousand tons (+129% y-o-y), and Italy – 6.37 thousand tons (+135% y-o-y).

As GMK Center reported earlier, during 2024, Ukrainian ferroalloy plants reduced their output by 49.4% y-o-y – to 108.2 thousand tons. The industry resumed operations in April-May after a forced shutdown in the fall of 2023.

As a result, ferroalloy exports for the year decreased by 77.5% compared to 2023, from 344.17 thousand tons to 77.32 thousand tons. In 2022, this figure was 349,560 tons, and in 2021, it was 668,540 tons.

According to Sergiy Kudryavtsev, executive director of the UkrFA association, the key problem for the industry in 2025 is the high cost of electricity and the stability of its supply. In general, the mood is largely negative with an element of uncertainty.

• [Editor:Alakay]