14 Feb 2012 16:19

Russian Railways ships 1.3% less ferrous metal in Jan

MOSCOW. Feb 14 (Interfax) - Russian Railways (RZD) shipped 7.34 million tonnes of ferrous metals in January, 1.3% less than in the same month last year, the company said in materials.

Domestic shipments fell 6.5% to 3.7 million tonnes and international shipments rose 4.6% to 3.64 million tonnes.

Shipments via ports grew 7.6% to 2.33 million tonnes, while shipments via border crossings fell 0.4% to 1.3 million tonnes.

Imports fell 12.2% to 543,000 tonnes, exports grew 7.9% to 2.94 million tonnes and transit came to 154,000 tonnes.

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

	Domestic shipments			Export			Total
	2012	2011	%	2012	2011	%	2012	2011	%
Magnitogorsk Iron Steel Works (MMK)	541,9	539,3	-0,5%	357,7	376,6	+5,3%	899,6	916,0	+1,8%
Novolipetsk Steel (NLMK)	226,1	228,8	+1,2%	554,3	761,5	+37,4%	780,4	990,4	+26,9%
Severstal	527,3	480,8	-8,8%	318,7	375,3	+17,8%	846,0	856,2	+1,2%
Evraz ZSMK	223,2	194,8	-12,7%	259,5	285,7	+10,1%	482,7	480,6	-0,4%
Nizhny Tagil Iron Steel Works	211,8	201,8	-4,7%	136,6	164,0	+20,0%	348,4	365,8	+5,0%
Chelyabinsk metallurgical Plant (CMP)	318,6	271,9	-14,7%	77,5	90,5	+16,7%	396,2	362,3	-8,5%
Evraz NKMK	101,7	112,0	+10,1%	25,1	4,8	-80,8%	126,9	116,8	-7,9%
Urals Steel	106,2	99,8	-6,1%	171,3	134,1	-11,7%	277,5	233,9	-5,7%
Oskol Electrometallurgical Combine (OEMK)	82,4	76,9	-6,7%	159,6	165,0	+3,4%	242,0	241,9	0%