Ferrexpo’s Clock Ticks Down: $100 Million Rescue or Insolvency by August
08.05.2026 - 16:10:59 | boerse-global.de
The London Stock Exchange went quiet on Ferrexpo on May 1. The Ukrainian iron ore producer requested the trading halt itself, and the Financial Conduct Authority obliged. Behind the suspension lies a company running out of time, cash, and options.
Ferrexpo’s immediate problem is straightforward: it needs $100 million in fresh equity to stay afloat. Management has called that capital increase the only viable path forward, enough to cover near-term liabilities and fund 18 months of operations. Institutional investors have expressed non-binding interest, but no deal materialised before the end-of-April deadline. Without it, the company’s internal projections show cash running dry by the end of August.
The numbers paint a grim picture. At the end of March, Ferrexpo held roughly $35 million in cash, down from $47 million at the close of 2025. Its debt-to-equity ratio stands at around 103 percent — a structural burden for a business that cannot generate enough revenue to service its obligations. Earnings per share came in at negative $0.16, and while the gross margin sits at a respectable 34 percent, the net margin has flipped to minus 0.69 percent. Operating costs are eating up every bit of the cushion.
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Production has collapsed. In the first quarter of 2026, Ferrexpo churned out just 593,000 tonnes of iron ore pellets — a 72 percent plunge year-on-year and 45 percent below the previous quarter. Russian strikes on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure knocked out most of the company’s capacity. It was not until late February that Ferrexpo managed to restart one of four pelletising lines at its Poltava Mining site. Since then, it has been shipping premium pellets by rail to customers in Central and Eastern Europe, but that is a fraction of what the operation can do.
The wider Ukrainian steel industry is feeling the same pain. On May 7, ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih announced a partial shutdown of its mines and steelmaking facilities. The culprit: state railway operator Ukrzaliznytsia cannot deliver enough raw materials. One blast furnace, two sinter plants and an ore processing unit have been idled. Further cuts are on the table if logistics do not improve.
The trading suspension will remain in place until Ferrexpo publishes its audited 2025 annual report and secures a viable financing solution. There is no timeline. Before the halt, the stock traded at around 28.6 pence, giving the company a market capitalisation of roughly ÂŁ168 million. Dividends have been suspended for some time.
The window is narrow. If the $100 million equity raise does not come together in the coming weeks, the company itself has warned that insolvency proceedings are the likely outcome. Each passing month makes the gap harder to close.
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