TOKYO -- Swiss-headquartered mining group Ferrexpo will resume exporting iron ore pellets to Japan within the next few years, Executive Chair Lucio Genovese said in a recent interview. Ferrexpo once accounted for as much as 25% of Japanese demand for iron ore pellets, Genovese said. But with Ferrexpo's iron ore operations located in Ukraine, the company halted exports after Black Sea ports were closed during the war.