Approximately 2,123 ths. tons of manganese ore has been produced in Ukraine over the ten months of 2002 according to the preliminary estimates. This index is more than 5 percent lower than the corresponding volume of the same period in 2001. import deliveries of manganese ore and concentrate constituted about 705 ths. tons with the average prices comprising USD/MT 84 in the period under review. More than half of the total deliveries was represented by shipments of manganese ore and concentrate containing 48-51 percent of pure substance. Ghana, Australia, and Georgia became the main supplying countries of manganese ore and concentrate to Ukraine in January-October 2002. approximately 170 ths. tons or manganese ore and concentrate were shipped from Ukraine in the period under review. Average prices herewith constituted approximately USD/MT 63. about 85 percent of the total deliveries were represented by shipments of manganese ore and concentrate containing 40-44 percent of pure substance. Russian Federation became the main buyer of this Ukrainian product over the first ten months of 2002.
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