KIEV, Jan. 9 - Ferrexpo plc, whose main assets are Ukrainian iron ore producers Poltava and Yerystove mining and processing plants, raised commercial iron ore pellet production 11.6% in 2013 to 10.813 million ton.

The company said in a statement that output of pellets from its own feedstock rose 11.2% to 10.466 million ton, and that output from third-party concentrate jumped 23.5% to 347,500 ton.