In January-February Russian ports transshipped 114.8 million tons of cargo, up by 8.2% YoY. According to the Association of the Sea Trade Ports, the positive dynamics was the result of the increase in coal throughput (by 15.2% YoY, to 20.9 million tons) and ferrous metals (by 2.5%, to 4.5 million tons). (Ukrainian metal)
In January the Novosibirsk subsidiary of the First Cargo Company (PGK) transported 13.6 thousand tons of cargo, up by 44.5% YoY. The main cargo was wood and ferrous metals. The cargo was shipped to local consumers as well as to Asian countries. (Ukrainian metal)
In November railroad machine-building plants received 100 thousand tons of ferrous metals, down by 5.7% MoM, but up by 71.2% YoY. According to the statistics, October saw the best results for the past 2 years. In January-November deliveries reached 766 thousand tons, up by 46.8% YoY. (Ukrainian metal)
In January-October Russia produced 57.7 million tons of steel and 49.8 million tons of ferrous rolled metal, down by 0.9% and 1.5% YoY respectively. According to the Federal Service of State Statistics, in October steel output went up by 2% YoY and by 4.1% MoM. Rolled metal output increased by 0.3% YoY and by 1.3%…