In 2019 Russian Railroads transported over 5 million TEU containers, up by 12.6% YoY. In particular, RZD transported 287.8 thousand containers with metal wares, up by 8.3%, 140.7 thousand containers with ferrous metals, up by 14.4%, and 114.6 thousand containers with non-ferrous metals, up by 6.3%. (Ukrainian metal)
In 2019 Ukrainian metal companies decreased gas consumption by 2% YoY, to 1.8 billion cubic meters. Electricity consumption dropped by 5%, to 11.2 billion kW-h. (Ukrainian metal)
In 2019 Ukraine exported $14 billion worth of metal and mining products. It is expected, that last year Ukraine exported some 14.7 million tons of rolled metal valued at $7.2 billion. In 2018, 14.4 million tons were exported at $7.8 billion. The share of exports in the total output was 82% in 2019 and 78.5%…
In 2019, cargo transportation along railroad decreased by 2.9%, to 312.9 million tons. According to the State Statistics Service, transportation of iron and manganese ore grew by 2.7%, while of ferrous metals, coke and scrap decreased by 5%, 12.1% and 12.9% respectively. Transportation of coal also decreased – by 6.4%. (Ukrainian metal)
In 2019, 422 employees perished in the industry, up by 3.2% YoY. The total number of work accidents was 3.876 thousand, down by 6%. In particular in metallurgy 199 people were injured and 13 perished, while in mining – 160 and 16 respectively. (Ukrainian metal)
Metallurgy remains one of the most investment-attractive spheres – it accounts for over 25 projects with the volume of investments on the level of 3 billion rubles each. Metal industry share in the Russian GDP is 5%, in industrial manufacture – 12% and in exports – more than 10%. The largest projects so far are…
In 2019 Izmail seaport decreased throughput by 8.5% YoY, to 4.3 million tons. Due to the crisis of the metal industry, exports of pellets have decreased considerably. At the same time, the annual target has been met, mostly due to the 2-fold growth of iron ore raw materials transit, to 245.9 thousand tons. The port…
Verkhnevolzhsky Service Metal Center has officially commissioned a new slitting machine. The machine can cut rolled metal of carbon and stainless steel, aluminum and copper with the thickness of 0.2 mm. The equipment was supplied by Fagor. The companies have been cooperating for more than 14 years. (Ukrainian metal)