KIEV, Dec. 5 - Ukrainian iron ore producers boosted pellet production in the first 11 months of 2007.

Poltava GOK (PGOK), Ukraine's biggest iron ore pellet producer, raised commercial pellet production tentatively 7.1% year-on-year to 8.319 million tons, the company told Interfax. Iron ore concentrate production grew 11.3% to 9.756 million tons.

PGOK produced 740,000 tons of pellets and 903,000 tons of concentrate in November.