In particular, silicomanganese production went
up by 34.4%, to 125.8 thousand tons, ferromanganese manufacture increased by 27.2%, to 17.3 thousand tons,
while ferrosilicon output rose 4.6 times, to 29.1 thousand tons.
In
addition to that manganese concentrate output increased by 42.9%, to 121
thousand tons. (Ukrainian metal)