Russia: steel sales via railroad down in August 2018
In August Russian metal companies shipped 5.15 million tons of metal via railroad, up by 3.5% YoY. Sales to domestic market dropped by 5.9%, to 3.02 million tons, while exports grew by 20.6%, to 2.13 million tons. In January-August metal sales via railroad reached 42.8 million tons, up by 5.3% YoY, with local deliveries up…