In January-November Russian Railroads transported 1.18 billion tons of cargo, up by 2.6% YoY. In particular, 342,8 million tons of coal, up by 5.2% YoY, 10.2 million tons of coke, up by 0.1%, and 106.4 million tons of iron and manganese ore, up by 5.7%, were transported. The railroad also transported 71.2 million tons of…
As of December 1 Ukraine has used only 11.6% of the quota for the delivery of flat rolled metal to Turkey. The quota for flat rolled metal is 361.1 thousand tons fulfilled, bars – 9.1% (50.8 thousand tons), pipes and hollow sections – 14.5% (39.8 thousand tons), stainless steel – 10.8% (15 thousand tons) and…
The quotas to deliver metal products to the European Union countries have been 42-89% fulfilled. As of November 30 EU received 2.137 million tons of hot-rolled metal (50.06% of quota used). The quota for the delivery of cold-rolled metal has been 42.54% fulfilled (561 thousand tons), plate – 48.81% (704 thousand tons), rebars – 75.91%…
On November 16-22 metal prices index in Central region dropped by 0.13% WoW. Only rounds saw an increase of 0.18%. Channel prices fell by 0.43%, cold-rolled metal – by 0.27%. Hot-rolled sheet decreased in price by 0.24%, and pipes – by 0.22%. (Ukrainian metal)
The Russian Steel Association has decreased its forecast on steel consumption in Russia in 2018 to 1% from 2.6% in June. At the same time, for the first time since 2013 the dynamics of metal consumption stagnation has switched to the growth, which equaled to 5.1%. In 2016-2017 machine building was the main driver of…
In October direct deliveries of rolled steel to the major oil and gas companies of Russia, as well as to the construction sites of new projects in the sphere totaled 288.7 thousand tons. According to the railroad statistics, this is down by 39.3% YoY. In January-October deliveries reached 3.44 million tons, down by 16.7% YoY.…
According to Severstal, the growth of demand for steel on the local market in 2018 and until 2023 will be 1% due to the slow down of the economy. Earlier the company predicted a growth of 3-4%. The main reason for the decrease of demand is the drop in the construction sector, even though an…
In October direct deliveries of ferrous metals to railroad machine-builders totaled 119 thousand tons. According to the railroad statistics, this is up by 3.9% YoY. In 10 months deliveries grew by 21.4% YoY, to 1.25 million tons. (Ukrainian metal)
