In the January-February period of this year, total shipment volumes by Russian railway monopoly Russian Railways (RZD) - including ferrous metals, coal, oil, fertilizers and timber - decreased by 0.2 percent year on year to 189.093 million mt, according to the State Statistics Committee of Russia (Russtat).
In particular, Russian Railways saw a 9.5 percent year-on-year increase in ferrous metal shipments in the first two months of the current year, with a total of 12.3 million mt, an 11 percent increase in steel scrap shipments to 1.6 million mt, but a 3.2 percent year-on-year drop in coke shipments to 1.7 million mt.