KIEV, Dec. 13 - Ukraine's two manganese ore miners and processors, Marhanets ore-mining and dressing mill and Ordzhonikidze ore-mining and dressing mill reduced combined production of manganese concentrate by 1.5% year-on-year to 948,800 tonnes in the first eleven months of 2013.

Ordzhonikidze mill, which did not produce manganese concentrate in January-February, nonetheless increased production by 66.8% to 507,800 tonnes in January-November, the Ukrainian Association of Ferroalloy Producers (UkrFA) told Interfax.