In the first half of the current year, total shipment volumes by Russian railway monopoly Russian Railways (RZD) - including ferrous metals, coal, oil, fertilizers and timber - decreased by one percent year on year to 599.5 million mt, according to the State Statistics Committee of Russia (Russtat).
In particular, Russian Railways saw a 0.2 percent year-on-year decline in ferrous metal shipments in the first six months of the current year, with a total of 35.3 million mt, a 5.3 percent decrease in steel scrap shipments to 7.2 million mt, and a 2.3 percent year-on-year drop in coke shipments to 5.7 million mt.