The Riga Freeport stepped up transshipment of mining and metallurgical products by 150% year-on-year to 178,800 t in the period from January 1 to February 29, 2024. In particular, handling of scrap, metals, and ferroalloys rocketed by 2.5 times to 147,500 t, while that of finished steel products surged by 2.6 times to 31,300…… Read more »
According to the announcement by Polish railway operator PKP LHS of March 2, the company is offering its customers special discounts for transportation of coal (HS 2701), iron ore (2601) and metal products (72, 73) when importing and transiting from/through all LHS stations.
Railway transportation of rolled products, semi-finished products, pipes, pig iron and ferrous metal scrap inched down by 2% to 700,000 t in Ukraine in January 2024 compared with December 2023. Averaging 500,000 t, the January export volume remained unchanged compared with December, while domestic supplies dropped by 10% month-on-month to 300,000 t.
The volume of railway transportation of rolled steel products, semi-finished products, pipes, pig iron and ferrous metal scrap decreased by 1% to 800,000 t in Ukraine in December compared with November.
The Italian government has signed an agreement with equipment manufacturer Danieli and Metinvest to restart a steel plant in Piombino, Tuscany. The protocol was signed on January 17 by the Ministry of Business and Production of Italy, the Tuscany region, the municipality of Piombino, Metinvest Adria SpA, Metinvest BV, Danieli & C. Officine Meccaniche…… Read more »
Throughout 2024, a discount of 27% will be applied to the tariff for rail transportation of agricultural products in transit through Moldova. Such agreements were reached during a meeting of the Intergovernmental Ukrainian-Moldovan Mixed Commission on Trade and Economic Cooperation on September 29, 2023 in Odesa.
Railway transportation of rolled products, semi-finished products, pipes, pig iron and ferrous metal scrap increased by 10% to 800,000 t in Ukraine in November 2023 compared with October 2023.
Zaporizhstal produced a total of 265,500 t of pig iron in December (up 87% year-on-year and up 1% month-on-month). Steel output averaged some 228,600 t (up 223% year-on-year but down 5% month-on-month).