TIDMFXPO

RNS Number : 2694E

Ferrexpo PLC

08 April 2014

8 April 2014

Ferrexpo plc.

Production for 1Q 2014

Summary

   --   Pellet production, from own ore, up 9.2% to 2,714 kt in 1Q14 vs. 1Q13 

-- Increased proportion of higher grade (65% Fe) pellets produced, up by 320 kt, or 31%, in 1Q14 vs. 1Q13

 
 Production in Tonnes '000                  Q1           Q4         Change        Q1           Q1         Change 
                                            2014         2013          %          2014         2013          % 
 
 Pellets from FPM ore                     2,007.4      2,036.3      (1.4)       2,007.4      2,157.6      (7.0) 
          62%Fe                           1,128.1      1,109.5       1.7        1,128.1      1,163.6      (3.1) 
          65% Fe                           879.3        926.8       (5.1)        879.3        994.0       (11.5) 
------------------------------------  -----------  -----------  ----------  -----------  -----------  ---------- 
 
 Pellets from FYM ore                      706.7        662.9        6.6         706.7        328.1       115.4 
          62% Fe                           334.4        364.6       (8.3)        334.4        288.5        15.9 
          65% Fe                           372.3        298.3        24.8        372.3        39.7        839.1 
------------------------------------  -----------  -----------  ----------  -----------  -----------  ---------- 
 
 Total Group production                   2,714.1      2,699.3       0.6        2,714.1      2,485.7       9.2 
          62% Fe                          1,462.5      1,474.1      (0.8)       1,462.5      1,452.1       0.7 
          65% Fe                          1,251.6      1,225.1       2.2        1,251.6      1,033.6       21.1 
------------------------------------  -----------  -----------  ----------  -----------  -----------  ---------- 
 
 Pellets from third party materials        102.0        66.0         54.4        102.0        65.7         55.2 
          62% Fe                            0.0          8.2         n/a          0.0         65.7         n/a 
          65% Fe                           102.0        57.9         76.2        102.0         0.0         n/a 
------------------------------------  -----------  -----------  ----------  -----------  -----------  ---------- 
 
 Total Pellets Produced                   2,816.1      2,765.3       1.8        2,816.1      2,551.4       10.4 
          62% Fe                          1,462.5      1,482.3      (1.3)       1,462.5      1,517.8      (3.6) 
          65% Fe                          1,353.6      1,283.0       5.5        1,353.6      1,033.6       31.0 
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For further information, please contact:

 
 Ferrexpo: 
  Rob Simmons    +44 20 7389 8300 
 Maitland: 
  Peter Ogden      +44 207 379 5151 
  Liz Morley       +44 207 379 5151 
 

Notes to Editors:

Ferrexpo plc ('Ferrexpo' or the 'Group') is a Swiss headquartered iron ore company with assets in Ukraine. It has been mining, processing and selling high quality iron ore pellets to the global steel industry for over 35 years. Ferrexpo's resource base is one of the largest iron ore deposits in the world. The Group is the 5(th) largest supplier of pellets to the global steel industry and the largest exporter of pellets from the CIS. In 2013, it produced 10.8 million tonnes of pellets, a 12% increase compared to 2012. Ferrexpo has a diversified customer base supplying steel mills in Austria, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Germany and other European states, as well as in China, India, Japan, Taiwan and South Korea. Ferrexpo is listed on the main market of the London Stock Exchange under the ticker FXPO.

For further information, please visit www.ferrexpo.com

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