Total pellets produced in the second quarter rose 4.1 percent from the first to 2.41 million tonnes, while production reached 4.73 million tonnes so far this year, 1.3 percent below 2011's figure due to "lower availability of third party concentrate". Total production of the higher grade pellets rose 6 percent in the second quarter to 1.13 million tonnes and in the first six months of 2012, was 10.3 percent lower at 2.19 million. Total pellets produced from its own ore in the second quarter reached 2.21 million tonnes, 2.1 percent above Ferrexpo 's production in the first.