Ferrous metals shipments by Russian railways down 3% in 7M
MOSCOW. Aug 8 (Interfax) - Russian Railways (RZD) carried 50.2 million tonnes of ferrous metals in January-July, 3% less than in the same period of 2013, the company said in materials, seen by Interfax.
Domestic shipments fell 1.1% to 28.9 million tonnes.
Exports rose 1.5% to 17.1 million tonnes, imports fell 24.4% to 3.5 million tonnes and transit shipments fell 36.8% to 607,000 tonnes.
Rail shipments by nine leading Russian steel producers ('000 tonnes):
| Domestic shipments | Export | Total | |||||||
| 2013 | 2014 | 2013 | 2014 | 2013 | 2014 | ||||
| NLMK | 2 216,5 | 2 330,5 | 5,1% | 4 695,6 | 4 320,6 | -8% | 6 912,1 | 6 651,1 | -3,8% |
| Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works (MMK) | 4 287,1 | 4 444,2 | 3,7% | 1 772,0 | 2 102,9 | 18,7% | 6 059,1 | 6 547,1 | 8,1% |
| Severstal | 3 533,3 | 3 462,6 | -2% | 1 414,6 | 1 302,8 | -7,9% | 4 947,9 | 4 765,4 | -3,7% |
| Evraz ZSMK | 1 334,9 | 1 348,1 | 1% | 1 931,6 | 1 893,1 | -2% | 3 266,5 | 3 241,3 | -0,8% |
| Evraz NTMK | 1 410,3 | 1 263,5 | -10,4% | 1 145,6 | 1 181,1 | 3,1% | 2 555,9 | 2 444,5 | -4,4% |
| Chelyabinsk metallurgical Plant (CMP) | 1 815,1 | 1 483,7 | -18,3% | 501,8 | 436,5 | -13% | 2 316,8 | 1 920,1 | -17,1% |
| Oskol Electrometallurgical Combine (OEMK) | 562,3 | 460,9 | -18% | 1 142,3 | 1 228,0 | 7,5% | 1704,6 | 1688,8 | -0,9% |
| Urals Steel | 687,2 | 550,7 | -19,9% | 824,2 | 999,2 | 21,2% | 1 511,4 | 1 549,9 | 2,5% |
| Evraz NKMK | 463,5 | 615,0 | 32,7% | 45,6 | 27,2 | -40,2% | 509,1 | 642,3 | 26,2% |
Coal shipments fell 1.6% year-on-year in 7M to 195.7 million tonnes. Domestic shipments fell 9.7% to 88.3 million tonnes but international shipments rose 5.9% to 107.4 million tonnes, with 62.6 million tonnes shipped via ports, up 15.6%, and 44.8 million tonnes via border crossings, down 5.3%. Imports fell 12% to 16.4 million tonnes, exports grew 10.3% to 88.9 million tonnes and transit fell 5.3% to 2.2 million tonnes.
