KIEV, Sept. 16 - Ukrainian iron ore pellet producers had mixed results in January-August.

The London-listed Ferrexpo plc, which controls Ukraine's Poltava Mining, raised commercial pellet output 11.5% year-on-year to 7.077 million tons and iron ore concentrate production 11.8% to 8.63 million tons, an industry source told Interfax-Ukraine.

But the Metinvest holding's Northern Mining and Beneficiation Plant, from Kryvy Rih, told Interfax-Ukraine that it reduced commercial pellet production 2.5% year-on-year in January-August to 7.248 million tons. Iron ore concentrate output grew 2.3% to 9.924 million tons.