According to the Association of Ukrainian Ferroalloy Producers, in January to October this year Ukraine registered a decreased of 41.5%YoY in its ferroalloys production to 810,700 tonnes.

Accordingly, during the first ten months of 2009, Ukraine silicomanganese output decreased by 33.8%YoY to 582,000 tonnes, its ferromanganese production went down by 72.6% YoY to 98,500 tonnes, its ferrosilicon output dropped by 15.9% YoY to 117,800 tonnes while its metallic manganese production increased by 44.2% YoY to 12,400 tonnes.

According to the preliminary data, in January to October this year the largest Ukrainian ferroalloy producer Nikopol Ferroalloy Plant reduced its ferroalloy output by 36%YoY to 520,700 tonnes including 463,400 tonnes of silicomanganese down by 16.6% YoY and 57,300 tonnes of ferromanganese down by 77.7% YoY. Since the beginning of the year, the plant has not produced any other ferroalloys.