Last checked at 3 Jul 2015 07:00
3 July 2015
Ferrexpo plc("Ferrexpo", the "Group" or the "Company")
2Q 2015 Pellet Production
Summary:
· Record production of pellets in 2Q 2015 with output of premium 65% Fe pellets reaching 89% of volumes
· 1H total pellet production up 8.3% to 5.8mt (1H 2014: 5.4 mt)
· 93% increase in production of 65% Fe pellets in 1H 2015 to 5.1 mt (1H 2014: 2.6 mt)
Production in tonnes '000 | 1Q 2015 | 2Q 2015 | Change | 1H 2015 | 1H 2014 | Change | |||
% | % | ||||||||
Pellet production from own ore | 2,723.23 | 2,780.71 | 2.1% | 5,503.94 | 5,212.88 | 5.6% | |||
62% Fe | 433.40 | 317.04 | (26.8)% | 750.44 | 2,741.90 | (72.6)% | |||
65% Fe | 2,289.83 | 2,463.67 | 7.6% | 4,753.49 | 2,470.98 | 92.4% | |||
Pellet production from third party materials | 162.07 | 150.70 | (7.0)% | 312.77 | 155.72 | 100.9% | |||
62% Fe | 0.00 | 5.96 | - | 5.96 | 0.00 | - | |||
65% Fe | 162.07 | 144.73 | (10.7)% | 306.81 | 155.72 | 97.0% | |||
Total pellet production | 2,885.30 | 2,931.40 | 1.6% | 5,816.70 | 5,368.60 | 8.3% | |||
62% Fe | 433.40 | 323.00 | (25.5)% | 756.40 | 2,741.90 | (72.4)% | |||
65% Fe | 2,451.90 | 2,608.40 | 6.4% | 5,060.30 | 2,626.70 | 92.6% | |||
For further information contact:
Ferrexpo: | |
Ingrid McMahon | +44 207 389 8304
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Maitland: | |
Peter Ogden | +44 207 379 5151 |
Notes to Editors:
Ferrexpo is a Swiss headquartered iron ore company with assets in Ukraine and transport and sales operations throughout the world. It has been mining and processing high quality iron ore pellets for the global steel industry for over 35 years. Ferrexpo's resource base is one of the largest iron ore deposits in the world. The Group is the 4th largest supplier of pellets to the global steel industry and the largest producer and exporter of pellets from the Former Soviet Union. In 2014, it produced 11 million tonnes of pellets, a 2% increase compared to 2013 and a record for the Company. Ferrexpo has a diversified customer base supplying steel mills in Austria, China, Japan, Germany as well as other European and Asian countries. Ferrexpo is listed on the main market of the London Stock Exchange under the ticker FXPO. For further information, please visit www.ferrexpo.com