The Russian Steel Association has called for equal access to the country's railway infrastructure so that its members can export goods to eastern destinations, according to a local news report published earlier this week.
Russian Steel unites the country's largest mining and steel companies.It filed an appeal to Russia's first deputy prime minister, Andrei Belousov, asking him to ensure that there was no discrimination by Russian Railways when granting access to the railways for eastbound goods. The request was supported by two regional governors, Andrei Chibis of Murmansk and Roman Starovoit of Kursk.Russian Steel reported that miners...