Russia: non-ferrous metals transportation by East-Siberian Railroad up in January-October 2019

In January-October the East-Siberian Railroad transported 287.1 thousand containers (TEU), up by 13.6% YoY. Domestic transportation accounted for 69 thousand containers, up by 5%, transit – 17.3 thousand, down by 18.4%, exports – 156.7 thousand, up by 8%, and imports – 44 thousand containers, up by 113.7%. In particular transportation of non-ferrous metals grew by…

Russia: MMK expects domestic sales increase

This year MMK intends to increase sales on domestic market by 5% YoY, to 8.1 million tons. Despite the drop of prices, the Russian market has demonstrated a better price dynamics compared with foreign markets. “Due to the dynamic demand growth and drop of imports, the balance of demand and supply has improved on the…

Ukraine: Lugansk miners start striking

At the Gornaya mine in Lugansk region the miners have decided not to return to the surface after their shift. Thus they have held a protest underground against not receiving salary. The chairman of the Lugansk civilian-military administration Sergey Gayday has promised to pay the salary until November 15. But the miners no longer believe…