In particular, silicomanganese production
increased by 34.4%, to 125.8 thousand tons, that of ferromanganese – by 27.2%,
to 17.3 thousand tons, while ferrosilicone (45%) output rose 4.6 times, to
29.1 thousand tons.
Ukrainian
mining-metallurgical companies increased manganese concentrate output by 42.9%,
to 121 thousand tons. (Ukrainian metal)