Prices of industrial manufacturers in December 2016 increased by 0.6%, according to Rosstat. In 2016 prices went up by 7.4% YoY. Metal companies demonstrated the highest increase in prices – by 3.6% in December, or by 18.1% in 2016. (Ukrainian metal)
According to the Association of sea trade ports of the Russian Federation, in 2016 ferrous metals transshipment increased by 6.7% YoY, to 721.9 million tons. Arctic ports transshipped 49.7 million tons of ferrous metals, up by 40.6% YoY, Baltic ports – 236.6 million tons, up by 2.5%, Azov – Black Sea ports – 244 million…
Merchandise export via the Belarusian Universal Commodity Exchange (BUCE) rose by nearly 30% in 2016, BUCE Press Secretary Roman Yaniv reported. According to the source, the sum of export deals facilitated by the Belarusian Universal Commodity Exchange totaled Br629 million in 2016, up by 29% YoY. The export of metal products rose by 7% primarily…
The volume of coal transported via LDz infrastructure increased significantly in December 2016 –by 28.4% YoY. Overall, LDz transported nearly 16 million tons of coal in 2016. «A significant increase is also noticed in the ferrous metal segment – 43.1% YoY», LDz reports. 2.2 million tons of coal was transported in December 2016. LDz had…
In 2016 Russian railroads transported 1.222 billion tons of cargo, up by 0.6% YoY. In particular coal transportation grew by 1.7% YoY, to 328.6 million tons, iron and manganese ore – by 0.5%, to 109.5 million tons. At the same time transshipment of ferrous metals dropped by 0.5% YoY, to 71.01 million tons. (Ukrainian metal)
Russian metal makers do not expect a major increase in demand in 2017 because of the low capacity loading, overproduction risks and the increasing protective measures on export markets. In early 2016 metal companies expected a drop in local demand, but by year-end theirs forecasts have grown considerably. In 2017 they await a small increase…
The idea of creating a very large metal company is still important for Russia, USM Holding chairman Alisher Usmanov believes. “There is an oil giant. There is also a gas giant, even though with the state-controlled stake. There is a bank giant. While in the mining and metallurgical sector everything is split up. So we…
State industrial corporation Rostec plans to ask the government to work with metals companies which have increased prices by about 30% YoY, CEO Sergei Chemezov reported. “We have a really big problem with metals companies. They have lifted the prices very high, by almost 30%”, he said. “One should not raise prices this fast. I…