Fall of domestic ore transportation in Russia takes place because of fall in rolled metal production
Edited by Rhod Mackenzie / 2015-07-27 07:37:18
In June, the dispatch of ore at the network of Russia Railways fell by 6.5% as compared with the previous year and amounted to 8.7 million tons. Since the beginning of 2015, 54.0 million tons were supplied by railway, which is by 0.4% more than the level of 2014.
In June, the domestic traffic decreased by 3.5% as compared to last year, and export one - by 18.1%. The main drop in exports fell on Japan (Russian ore imports stopped), the Ukraine (-22.8%), China (-8.0%) and the UK (-48.4%).
