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,…
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…