Kazakhstan: coal exported to Finland and Japan

In January-October Kazakhstan exported 23.4 million tons of coal. “Kazakhstan’s coal is mainly exported to the Russian Federation, Central Asia, and several countries of Europe. This year, we have shipped high-quantity coal, more than 2.4 million tons, to Finland. We have started exporting our coal to Japan (the government of the Russian Federation has issued…

CIS: steel output up in October 2017

In October Russia produced 6.225 million tons of steel, up by 5% YoY, with 6.025 million tons produced in September. In January-October steel output in Russia totaled 60.428 million tons, up by 3% YoY. Ukraine decrease output in October by 4.7% YoY, to 1.91 million tons (1.845 million tons in September), and by 10.9% YoY…