October 12, 2008
Ukrainian iron ore output in February down by 9.2% MoM
According to Millennium capital, Ukraine’s crude iron ore and ore concentrate output dropped 9.2% MoM in February 2008.
The ore mining companies that posted the worst output dynamics in February were: Sukha Balka crude iron ore output down by 64.2% MoM and 62.3% YoY and Ferrexpo Poltava OMEP pellets output down by 6.0% MoM but up by 0.8% YoY. There were only two ore mining companies that showed output growth in February:Pivdennyi OMEP concentrate output up by 0.5% MoM and Pivnichnyi OMEP pellets output up by 0.9% MoM.
Iron ore
| Company | Feb'08 | Jan'08 | Chang | J-F'08 | J-F'07 | Change |
| SUBA | 93 | 258 | -64.2% | 351 | 500 | -29.9% |
| Others | 1,058 | 1,079 | -2.0% | 2,137 | 2,178 | -1.9% |
| Total | 1,150 | 1,337 | -14.0% | 2,487 | 2,678 | -7.1% |
Concentrate
| Company | Feb'08 | Jan'08 | Chang | J-F'08 | J-F'07 | Change |
| IGOK | 1,185 | 1,231 | -3.70% | 2,416 | 1,981 | 21.9% |
| SGOK | 1,079 | 1,158 | -6.80% | 2,237 | 2,081 | 7.5% |
| PGOK | 829 | 882 | -6.00% | 1,711 | 1,728 | -1.0% |
| PGZK | 700 | 741 | -5.50% | 1,441 | 1,440 | 0.1% |
| CGOK | 548 | 570 | -3.90% | 1,118 | 959 | 16.6% |
| Others | 586 | 776 | -24.60% | 1,362 | 1,365 | -0.2% |
| Total | 4,927 | 5,358 | -8.00% | 10,285 | 9,554 | 7.60% |
Agglomerates
| Company | Feb'08 | Jan'08 | Chang | J-F'08 | J-F'07 | Change |
| PGZK | 406 | 404 | 0.50% | 810 | 855 | -5.3% |
| Others | 3,597 | 3,689 | -2.50% | 7,286 | 7,225 | 0.8% |
| Total | 4,003 | 4,093 | -2.20% | 8,096 | 8,080 | 0.2% |
Pellets
| Company | Feb'08 | Jan'08 | Change | J-F'08 | J-F'07 | Change |
| SGOK | 873 | 865 | 0.90% | 1,738 | 1,673 | 3.9% |
| PGOK | 710 | 755 | -6.00% | 1,465 | 1,506 | -2.7% |
| CGOK | 194 | 206 | -5.60% | 400 | 387 | 3.2% |
| Total | 1,777 | 1,826 | -2.70% | 3,603 | 3,566 | 1.0% |
Sourced from Millennium Capital
