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Metinvest shipped record amount of iron ore in January

February 23, 2010 - 12:18 GMT Location: London

KEYWORDS: Ukraine , Metinvest , iron ore

Ukraine’s Metinvest exported almost 900,000 tonnes of iron ore by sea in January, a record for the company, it said.

“Iron ore shipments in such volumes by sea is an absolute record for Ukraine,” director of Metinvest iron ore division Alexander Vilkul said in a statement. The iron ore...

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