Ferrous Metals Exports Rise

By The Moscow Times

Aug. 8, 2010

Ferrous metals exports to countries outside the former Soviet Union rose by 13 percent to 18.9 million tons in the first half from a year earlier, the Federal Customs Service said Friday.

The shipments totaled $8.5 billion, the service said in a statement. The country exported $1.6 billion of copper, $2.2 billion of nickel and $2.8 billion of aluminum in the period, it said. Russia increased coal exports by 11 percent to 51.6 million tons for a total of $3.7 billion.

(Bloomberg)

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