In 2024, Nikopol Ferroalloy Plant (NFP, Dnipro region) reduced its output by 2.38 times compared to 2023, to 81.35 thousand tons from 193.77 thousand tons.
The Ukrainian Ferroalloy Producers Association (UkrFA) toldInterfax-Ukraine that in 2024, the plant reduced silicomanganese production by 2.29 times to 81.07 thousand tons from 185.51 thousand tons, and did not produce ferromanganese (5.32 thousand tons in 2023). Other ferroalloys were produced in the amount of 0.28 thousand tons (2.94 thousand tons, respectively).
As reported, Pokrovsky Mining and Processing Plant (PGOK, formerly Ordzhonikidze Mining and Processing Plant) and Marganetsky Mining and Processing Plant (MGOK, both in Dnipropetrovska oblast), both part of Privat Group, stopped mining and processing crude manganese ore in late October and early November 2023, while NGOK and Zaporizhzhya Ferroalloy Plant (ZZP) suspended production. Later, the ferroalloy companies resumed operations at a minimum level of production.
In particular, ZZF has been operating two furnaces at 7% capacity since May 1, 2024, and NFP has also been operating since the end of June last year.
The average monthly output of ferroalloys in stable operation is about 55-60 thousand tons.
NFP is Ukraine’s largest silico- and ferromanganese producer. It uses imported and domestic raw materials to produce ferroalloys.
NFP is controlled by the EastOne Group, created in the fall of 2007 as a result of the restructuring of the Interpipe Group, and the Privat Group (both based in Dnipro).
