"Ukrzaliznytsya" proposes this year to raise tariffs for the carriage of goods by rail by 14.2%, and not by 16, 6% as previously reported..

Exchange prices for steel and raw materials in China rose on Friday, amid rising iron ore quotes to a more than 10-month high. The reason for optimism on the stock exchanges of the PRC were reports about the speedy resolution of the trade crisis in relations with the United States.

The growing supply of scrap in China will reduce the cost advantage of those companies that have access to cheap raw materials..

In general, in 2018, exports of steel from China amounted to 69.336 million tons, which is 8.1% less than in 2017 ..

In 2018, Brazil increased imports of ferrous scrap to a record 266.8 thousand tons, which is 13 times more compared to 19.6 thousand tons a year earlier..