11 Nov 2013 17:20

Ferrous metals shipments by Russian railways down 4% in 10M

MOSCOW. Nov 11 (Interfax) - Russian Railways (RZD) shipped 73.693 million tonnes of ferrous metals in January-October 2013, 4.1% less than in the same period of last year, the company said in materials.

Domestic shipments fell 2.1% to 42.44 million tonnes.

Exports fell 8.3% to 23.66 million tonnes, imports grew 3.2% to 6.1 million tonnes and transit shipments fell 16.7% to 1.29 million tonnes.

Rail shipments by nine leading Russian steel producers ('000 tonnes):

	Domestic shipments			Export			Total
	2012	2013	change	2012	2013	Change	2012	2013	change
Magnitogorsk Iron Steel Works (MMK)	5 968,9	6 035,4	1,1%	3 149,0	2 472,4	(21,5%)	9 117,9	8 507,8	(6,7%)
Novolipetsk Steel (NLMK)	2 714,8	3 261,7	20,1%	7 326,6	6 655,8	(9,2%)	10 041,4	9 917,6	(1,2%)
Severstal	4 948,6	5 056,3	2,2%	1 731,5	1 666,3	(3,8%)	6 680,1	6 722,6	0,6%
Evraz ZSMK	2 028,6	1 920,6	(5,3%)	2 486,1	2 678,9	7,8%	4 514,7	4 599,6	1,9%
Nizhny Tagil Iron Steel Works	2 083,3	2 010,0	(3,5%)	1 559,1	1 661,0	6,5%	3 642,4	3 671,0	0,8%
Chelyabinsk metallurgical Plant (CMP)	2 731,9	2 413,1	(11,7%)	894,9	678,0	(24,2%)	3 626,8	3 091,1	(14,8%)
Evraz NKMK	835,4	706,8	(15,4%)	45,7	90,0	(2,9%)	881,1	796,8	(9,6%)
Urals Steel	1 016,7	947,1	(6,8%)	1 339,4	1 244,3	(6,1%)	2 356,1	2 191,4	(7%)
Oskol Electrometallurgical Combine (OEMK)	901,7	771,3	(14,5%)	1 678,3	1 646,4	(1,9%)	2580,0	2417,7	(6,3%)

Coal shipments fell 0.2% year-on-year in the 10M to 285.28 million tonnes. Domestic shipments fell 5.2% to 139.39 million tonnes but international shipments rose 5.2% to 145.9 million tonnes, with 77.53 million tonnes shipped via ports, up 11.1%, and 68.36 million tonnes via border crossings, down 0.8%. Imports fell 8.6% to 25.7 million tonnes, exports grew 7.6% to 116.85 million tonnes and transit grew 64% to 3.36 million tonnes.