8 Nov 2017 12:22

Rusal ships 2% more aluminum by rail in 10M - RZD

MOSCOW. Nov 8 (Interfax) - Russian aluminum giant UC Rusal's key smelters raised aluminum shipments by rail 1.9% year-on-year in January-October 2017 to 2.73 million tonnes, Russian Railways (RZD) said in materials, seen by Interfax.

Export shipments fell 1.3% to 2.34 million tonnes but domestic shipments soared 26% to 387,200 tonnes.

Alumina loading fell 1% to 5.87 million tonnes.

RZD's figures differ from Rusal's own, which are usually published later because, the aluminum company says, RZD reports aluminum shipped in containers as container cargo, without a breakdown for the type of cargo.

Aluminum shipments by rail from Rusal smelters in January-October 2017 ('000 tonnes):

Smelter Domestic shipments Export Total
10M 2016 10M 2017 Change 10M 2016 10M 2017 Change 10M 2016 10M 2017 Change
Bratsk 38,4 26,8 (30,1%) 712,9 732,3 2,7% 751,3 759,1 1%
Krasnoyarsk 130,5 166,9 27,9% 654,5 605,0 (7,6%) 785,0 771,8 (1,7%)
Sayanogorsk 67,3 94,6 40,6% 588,2 567,6 (3,5%) 655,5 662,2 1%
Irkutsk 15,4 26,5 72,1% 149,7 191,5 27,9% 165,1 218,0 32,1%
Novokuznetsk 51,0 66,8 31,0% 108,8 96,0 (11,8%) 159,8 162,8 1,9%
Boguchansk 0,1 127,9 127,7 (0,1%) 127,9 127,7 (0,2%)
Volgograd 0,0 0,1 17,8 19,4 8,8% 17,8 19,5 9,2%
Nadvoitsy 3,7 4,9 31,8% 5,7 - - 9,4 4,9 (48,4%)
Kandalaksha 0,7 0,7 (9,2%) 4,7 0,7 (84,2%) 5,5 1,4 (26%)
Total 307,1 387,2 26% 2 370,3 2 340,2 (1,3%) 2 677,3 2 727,4 1,9%