In January Russian Railroads transported 105.4 million tons of cargo, up by 1.6% YoY.
In particular, coal transportation grew by 5.2%, to 32.9 million tons, coke – by 9.1%, to 0.986 million tons, iron and manganese ore – by 7.5%, to 9.9 million tons, and ferrous metals – by 0.1%, to 6.6 million tons.
At the same time the transportation of non-ferrous metals ore dropped by 4.4%, to 1.5 million tons and ferrous scrap – by 10.5%, to 0.59 million tons. (Ukrainian metal)