In June of the current year, total shipment volumes by Russian railway monopoly Russian Railways (RZD) decreased by 3.3 percent year on year to 97.3 million mt. At the same time, in the January-June period this year total shipment volumes by RZD declined by 1.8 percent year on year to 588.9 million mt.
In particular, Russian Railways' ferrous metal shipments increased by 2.6 percent year on year to 36.2 million mt in the January-June period of the current year, iron ore and manganese ore shipments increased by 0.3 percent to 54 million mt, coke shipments went down by 1.5 percent year on year to 5.6 million mt, while steel scrap shipments remained stable at 7.2 million mt.