In January–October of this year, Ukraine increased its manganese ore exports 3.2-fold compared to the same period last year—to 44,450 thousand metric tons.
According to statistics released by the State Customs Service (SCS) on Wednesday, Ukraine exported 7,852 thousand metric tons of manganese ore in October of this year, 8,440 thousand metric tons in September, 3,511 thousand metric tons in August, in July—2,701 thousand metric tons, in June—2,350 thousand metric tons, in May—1,720 thousand metric tons, in April—5,319 thousand metric tons, in March—1,932 thousand metric tons, in February—6,072 thousand metric tons, and in January—4,553 thousand metric tons.
In monetary terms, exports of this raw material totaled $7,773 million from January through October (for the first 10 months of 2025—$2,214 million). Exports were shipped to Slovakia (87.92% of shipments in monetary terms) and Georgia (12.08%).
In January–October 2026, Ukraine imported 36,365 thousand metric tons of ore worth $5.629 million from Ghana (99.93%), China (0.05%), and Brazil (0.02%), whereas there were no imports last year.
As previously reported, Ukraine reduced its manganese ore exports by 50.4% in 2025 compared to the same period last year—to 22,281 thousand metric tons—but ramped up shipments in August–December. While shipments totaled 2,977 thousand metric tons over the first seven months of 2025, exports more than doubled in August, when 5,037 thousand metric tons were shipped; in September, they amounted to 1,725 thousand metric tons; in October, 3,993 thousand metric tons; in November—3,860 thousand metric tons, and in December—4,689 thousand metric tons.
In monetary terms, exports for the entire year 2025 fell by 45.2% compared to 2024—to $3,599 million. The majority of exports went to Slovakia (99.22% of shipments in monetary terms) and Poland (0.78%). Over the course of the year, the country imported 37,006 thousand metric tons from Ghana, worth $5.546 million. All shipments took place in November. In 2024, 84,293 thousand metric tons of ore were imported, worth $18.302 million.
The Pokrovsk Mining and Processing Plant (PGZK, formerly the Ordzhonikidze Mining and Processing Plant) and the Marganetsk Mining and Processing Plant (MGZK, both located in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast), which are part of the “Privat” Group, ceased the extraction and processing of raw manganese ore in late October–early November 2023, while the NZF and ZZF plants halted ferroalloy smelting. In the summer of 2024, the ferroalloy plants resumed production.
PGZK and MGZK did not produce any output in 2024, whereas in 2023, PGZK produced 160.31 thousand metric tons of manganese concentrate, and MGZK was idle.
In 2025, PGZK produced 63.9 thousand metric tons of manganese concentrate worth 342.138 million UAH and sold 25.4 thousand metric tons for 216.309 million UAH. In 2026, the plant plans to increase manganese concentrate production by a factor of 3.44 compared to the previous year—to 220 thousand metric tons.
In Ukraine, manganese ore is mined and processed by the Pokrovsk and Marganets Mining and Processing Plants.
The consumers of manganese ore are ferroalloy enterprises.
EXPORTS, MANGANESE, METALLURGY, ORE, UKRAINE
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