In the January-April 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 395.8 million mt, according to the State Statistics Committee of Russia (Russtat).
Russian Railways saw a 1.9 percent year-on-year decline in ferrous metal shipments in the first four months of the current year, with a total of 23.4 million mt, a 3.1 percent decrease in steel scrap shipments to 4.1 million mt, and a 5.2 percent year-on-year drop in coke shipments to 3.7 million mt.
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http://www.steelorbis.com/steel-news/latest-news/russian-railways-ferrous-metal-shipments-down-19-in-jan_apr-827365.htm
