Ukraine in January-November this year, Ukraine has reduced imports of manganese ore and concentrate in kind by 64.6% compared to the same period last year – up to 135.070 thousand tons.
According to statistics released by the State Customs Service (SCS), in monetary terms, imports of manganese ore and concentrate fell by 62.7% to $17.978 million for the period.
In August-November, there were almost no imports of manganese ore.
For eleven months of 2022, Ukraine did not supply manganese ore and concentrate for exports.
As reported, Ukraine in 2021 decreased imports of manganese ore and concentrate in volume terms by 26.8% compared to 2020 – to 425.279 thousand tons. In monetary terms, imports of manganese ore and concentrate during this period decreased by 29.6% – to $53.917 million. At the same time, the main imports came from Ghana (99.87% of supplies in monetary terms), Brazil (0.07%) and Belgium (0.05%).
Last year, Ukraine supplied 770 tons of manganese ore and concentrate to Poland (94.38%) and Russia (5.62%) for $89 thousand, while in 2020, Ukraine exported 69.303 tons of manganese ore and concentrate worth $10.819 million.
In Ukraine, the Pokrovsky (formerly Ordzhonikidze) and Marganetsky mining and processing plants (both in Dnepropetrovsk region) extract and process manganese ore.
Consumers of manganese ore are ferroalloy plants.
