Ukraine: Ukrzaliznytsia fails to buy rails

Ukrzaliznytsia (Ukrainian Railways) was unable to buy 21.5 thousand tons of R65 railroad rails for 571.8 million UAH in the Prozorro system due to the insufficient number of participants. Only Skinest Rail UA LLC participated in trade. This year, Ukrzaliznytsia intends to repair 507.1 km of railroad. For this it will need 70.2 thousand tons…

Russia: RZhD buys over 1 million tons of rails

In 2017 Russian Railroads purchased 1 million 56.3 thousand tons of rails. In particular, Evraz sold 719.8 thousand tons and Mechel – 329 thousand tons. Some 7.5 thousand tons were purchased from Aktyubinsk Rail and Beam Works (Kazakhstan). RZhD uses rails both for new construction and for repair. In 2016 RZhD purchased 947.7 thousand tons…