Ferrous metal shipments by Russian Railways down 3% in Jan-Feb

Wednesday, 05 March 2014 12:03:01 (GMT+3)   |  
       

In the January-February period of this year, total shipment volumes by Russian railway monopoly Russian Railways (RZD) - including ferrous metals, coal, oil, fertilizers and timber - increased by 0.3 percent year on year, according to the State Statistics Committee of Russia (Russtat).

In particular, Russian Railways saw a three percent year-on-year decline in ferrous metal shipments in the first two months of the current year, with a total of 11.2 million mt, a 5.4 percent decrease in steel scrap shipments to 1.5 million mt, and a 6.5 percent year-on-year drop in coke shipments to 1.8 million mt.


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