In the first eight months of the current year, total shipment volumes by Russian railway monopoly Russian Railways (RZD) - including ferrous metals, coal, oil, fertilizers and timber - decreased by 1.4 percent year on year to 808.4 million mt, according to the State Statistics Committee of Russia (Russtat).
In particular, Russian Railways' ferrous metal shipments increased by 0.8 percent year on year to 47.4 million mt in the first eight months of the current year, steel scrap shipments declined by 1.7 percent to 10.6 million mt, and coke shipments went down by 0.1 percent year on year to 7.6 million mt.