Ferrexpo plc, whose main assets are Ukrainian iron ore producers Poltava and Yeristovo mining and processing plants, raised commercial iron ore pellet production 2.6% year-on-year in January-July 2019, to 6.165 million tons, according to preliminary data, the company has told Interfax-Ukraine. Iron ore concentrate production rose 6.5%, to 7.712 million tons. In July alone Ferrexpo produced 812,000 tons of pellets and 1.113 million tons of concentrate.