Ukraine: Ukrzaliznytsia will buy French rails
France intends to supply 19 thousand tons of rails to Ukrzaliznytsia. The first batch is expected to arrive in January 2025. The whole lot will allow repairing 150 km of railroads. (Ukrainian metal)
Poland: ArcelorMittal launches rails manufacture
ArcelorMittal has commissioned a line to produce heat-strengthened rails with the length of 120 meters at the Dabrowa Gornica plant. The new products comply with the European and American standards. ArcelorMittal has been mulling the construction of such a line in Poland since 2012. Officially it started in 2018. In 2022, the company signed a…
Ukraine: Ukrzaliznytsia buys 1.3 billion UAH worth of Chinese rails
On October 9, Ukrzaliznytsia signed a number of agreements with Dorinvestcapital LLC for the delivery of railroad rails from China valued at 1.27 billion UAH. The company has to supply almost 22 thousand tons of R350HT 60E1 and R65 rails at 59,540 UAH per ton ($1644 at the current exchange rate). The rails are produced…
Ukraine: Ukrzaliznytsia allowed taking French loan to buy rails
The Cabinet of Ministers has allowed Ukrzaliznytsia to use a 37.6-million euro loan from France to buy rails. The funds will be provided with the interest rate of 0.0161% for 35 years with the grace period of 14 years. The money will be spent to buy French rails and deliver them to Ukraine. As a…
Ukraine: Ukrzaliznytsia orders expensive French rails
In mid-December 2022, Ukrzaliznytsia concluded an agreement with French Saarstahl Rail to buy rails valued at EUR 37.6 million or 1.45 billion UAH. The company will buy 19 thousand tons of R-65 rails with the length of 25 meters. The price is EUR 1980 per ton or 76,392 UAH per ton on DAP Mostiska station…
Ukraine: Ukrzaliznytsia orders 113 million UAH worth of rails
Ukrainian Railways has ordered Metinvest-SMC LLC the delivery of rails valued at 113.97 million UAH. The company has to supply 3374 tons of R-65 rails with the length of 25 meters made not earlier than in 2021 at 33780 UAH per ton. The rails will be produced by Azovstal. (Ukrainian metal)
Ukraine: Kharkiv subway to buy 31 million UAH worth of Russian rails
MS Trade Ukraine LLC has won an auction to supply rails to the Kharkiv Subway. According to the auction information, the company will supply 516 R-50 rails (670 tons) with the length of 25 meters for 31.15 million UAH. The subway will be able to repair 12.9 km of railroad. The initial price was 31.4…
Ukraine: Kyiv to buy 63 million UAH worth of rails
The Kyiv city transport enterprise Kyivpastrans intends to buy 664 tons of rails valued at 63 million UAH. According to the information in the Prozrro.Purchases system, the enterprise plans to find a supplier for three rail types: 170 tons of R65 railroad rails, 174 tons of RT62 tram rails and 300 tons of LK1 tram…
