In March Sverdlovsk railroad transported 12.3 million tons of cargo, up by 2% YoY.
In January-March transportation grew by 1.6% YoY, to 34.4 million tons.
In particular, the railroad transported 2.7 million tons of ferrous metals, up by 10.9%, 518.6 thousand tons of scrap (+4.6%), 3.1 million tons of iron and manganese ore (+9.2%), and 591.3 thousand tons of coke (+12.7%).
At the same time non-ferrous ore and sulfur raw materials transportation dropped by 6%, to 1.5 million tons. (Ukrainian metal)