14 Jun 2012 11:02
RUSAL ships 5.3% more aluminum by rail in 5M - RZD
MOSCOW. June 14 (Interfax) - United Company RUSAL (UC RUSAL) raised aluminum shipments by rail 5.3% year-on-year in January-May 2012 to 1.058 million tonnes, Russian Railways (RZD) said.
Export shipments grew 5.8% to 990,800 tonnes, but domestic shipments fell 0.6% to 66,800 tonnes.
Alumina shipments rose 2.8% to 3.065 million tonnes, with imports up 4.8% to 2.051 million tonnes but domestic shipments falling 1.1% to 1.014 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 5M 2012 ('000 tonnes):
| Total shipment | Export | Domestic | |||||||
| Smelter | 5M 2012 | 5M 2011 | % | 5M 2012 | 5M 2011 | % | 5M 2012 | 5M 2011 | % |
| Sayanogorsk | 197,5 | 141,7 | 39,4 | 196,4 | 139,4 | 40,9 | 1,2 | 2,3 | -48,3 |
| Novokuznetsk (NkAZ) | 91,4 | 86,3 | 5,9 | 70,6 | 70,8 | -0,3 | 20,8 | 15,4 | 34,8 |
| Krasnoyarsk (KrAZ) | 266,0 | 261,4 | 1,8 | 249,5 | 232,0 | 7,6 | 16,4 | 29,4 | -44,1 |
| Bratsk (BrAZ) | 339,5 | 326,4 | 4,0 | 332,6 | 326,4 | 1,9 | 6,9 | 0,1 | 69-fold |
| Volgograd | 40,9 | 33,0 | 24,0 | 30,4 | 26,7 | 14,2 | 10,4 | 6,3 | 65,5 |
| Volkhov | 4,1 | 5,4 | -24,5 | 4,0 | 5,4 | -25,8 | 0,1 | 0 | |
| Nadvoitsky | 17,5 | 25,4 | -30,9 | 16,4 | 23,5 | -30,3 | 1,1 | 1,8 | -38,8 |
| Kandalaksha | 18,8 | 18,4 | 2,2 | 15,7 | 15,2 | 3,6 | 3,1 | 3,3 | -4,5 |
| Irkutsk (IrKAZ) | 55,3 | 71,0 | -22,2 | 50,4 | 66,6 | -24,4 | 4,9 | 4,4 | 11,3 |
| Uralsky | 1,9 | 3,0 | -38,0 | 1,6 | 1,2 | 39,7 | 0,2 | 1,8 | -87,6 |
| Bogoslovsk | 24,7 | 32,0 | -22,9 | 23,1 | 29,7 | -22,3 | 1,6 | 2,3 | -30,9 |