In the January-November period of this year, total shipment volumes by Russian railway monopoly Russian Railways (RZD) - including ferrous metals, coal, oil, fertilizers and timber - fell by 3.1 percent year on year to 1.134 billion mt, according to the State Statistics Committee of Russia (Russtat).In particular, Russian Railways saw a 5.1 percent year-on-year decline in ferrous metal shipments in the first 11 months of the current year, with a total of 64 million mt, a nine percent decrease in steel scrap shipments to 15.4 million mt, and a 9.7 percent year-on-year drop in coke shipments to 10.5 million mt.
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