In April of this year, Ukraine increased its manganese ore exports by 2.8 times compared to the previous month—from 1,932 thousand tons to 5,319 thousand tons.
According to statistics released by the State Customs Service (SCS), a total of 17,876 metric tons of manganese ore were exported over the first four months of this year, whereas exports were virtually nonexistent during the same period last year (22 metric tons worth $2,000).
At the same time, in March of this year, Ukraine reduced manganese ore exports by 3.1 times compared to the previous month—to 1,932 thousand tons from 6,072 thousand tons—and by 2.4 times compared to January, when 4,553 thousand tons were exported.
In monetary terms, $2.039 million worth of this raw material was exported in January–April.
Exports were shipped to Slovakia (82.50% of shipments in monetary terms) and Georgia (17.50%).
In January-April of this year, Ukraine did not import manganese ore, just as it did last year.
As reported, Ukraine reduced manganese ore exports by 50.4% in 2025 compared to the same period last year—to 22,281 thousand tons—but ramped up shipments in August–December. While shipments for the first seven months of 2025 totaled 2,977 thousand tons, exports more than doubled in August, when 5,037 thousand tons were shipped; in September, they amounted to 1,725 thousand tons; in October – 3,993 thousand tons; 3,860 thousand tons in November, and 4,689 thousand tons in December.
In monetary terms, exports for the entire year 2025 fell by 45.2% compared to 2024—to $3.599 million. The bulk of exports went to Slovakia (99.22% of shipments in monetary terms) and Poland (0.78%). During this period, the country imported 37,006 thousand tons from Ghana worth $5.546 million; all shipments took place in November. In 2024, 84,293 thousand 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 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 160,310 tons of manganese concentrate, while MGZK was idle.
In 2025, PGZK produced 63,900 tons of manganese concentrate worth UAH 342.138 million and sold 25,400 tons worth UAH 216.309 million. In 2026, the plant plans to increase manganese concentrate production by 3.44 times compared to the previous year—to 220,000 tons.
In Ukraine, manganese ore is mined and processed by the Pokrovsky and Marganetsky Mining and Processing Plants.
The consumers of manganese ore are ferroalloy enterprises.
