In the January-March period of this year, total shipment volumes by Russian railway monopoly Russian Railways (RZD) - including ferrous metals, coal, oil, fertilizers and timber - remained stable year on year at 293.9 million mt, according to the State Statistics Committee of Russia (Russtat).
Russian Railways saw a 2.7 percent year-on-year decline in ferrous metal shipments in the first three months of the current year, with a total of 17.4 million mt, a 3.1 percent decrease in steel scrap shipments to 2.7 million mt, and a 4.6 percent year-on-year drop in coke shipments to 2.8 million mt.