In 2019 Sverdlovsk railroad transported 32.8 million tons of cargo in Nizhniy Tagil region, up by 2.9% YoY.
In particular, transportation of ferrous metals grew by 4%, to 4.6 million tons, and coke – by 10.9%, to 0.6 million tons.
At the same time transportation of iron ore dropped by 2.7%, to 11.7 million tons, ferrous scrap – by 12.1%, to 0.6 million tons, non-ferrous metals ore – by 4.5%, to 4.3 million tons, and fluxes – by 0.8%, to 1.7 million tons. (Ukrainian metal)