Iron ore pellet group Ferrexpo PLC (LON:FXPO) increased its production by 6% in its latest three months.
The Ukraine-based operation made 2.66mln tonnes of pellets in the three months to September.
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Nearly all of the increase was in higher grade 65% iron pellets, where Ferrexpo produced 2.49mln tonnes.
Total pellet production for the first nine months of 2018 was 7.76mln tonnes or 1.3% above this time last year.
Iron ore pellets are used to manufacture steel.