Ferrous metal shipments by Russian Railways down 1.3% in Jan-May

Tuesday, 03 June 2014 15:58:53 (GMT+3)   |  
       

In the January-May period of this year, total shipment volumes by Russian railway monopoly Russian Railways (RZD) - including ferrous metals, coal, oil, fertilizers and timber - decreased by 0.6 percent year on year, according to the State Statistics Committee of Russia (Russtat).

In particular, Russian Railways saw a 1.3 percent year-on-year decline in ferrous metal shipments in the first five months of the current year, with a total of 29.4 million mt, a 5.6 percent decrease in steel scrap shipments to 5.6 million mt, and a 2.4 percent year-on-year drop in coke shipments to 4.7 million mt.


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