In September this year, total shipment volumes by Russian railway monopoly Russian Railways (RZD) - including ferrous metals, coal, oil, fertilizers and timber - increased by 0.2 percent year on year to 104.9 million mt, according to the State Statistics Committee of Russia (Russtat).
In the first nine months of the current year, Russian Railways' ferrous metal shipments increased by 1.2 percent year on year to 53.3 million mt, steel scrap shipments declined by 0.7 percent to 12.2 million mt, and coke shipments went up by 1.9 percent year on year to 8.7 million mt.