Ukraine: metal output up in May 2017

In May Ukraine produced 1.689 million tons of steel, up by 7.5% YoY. According to Ukrmetallurgprom, pig iron output increased by 10.2%, to 1.591 million tons, that of rolled metal – by 6.3%, to 1.424 million tons. Average daily steel manufacture in May was 54.5 thousand tons, up from 52.4 thousand tons in April. Average…

Ukraine: scrap deliveries to fall in June 2017

The state enterprise Ukrpromvneshexpertisa forecasts that in June ferrous scrap deliveries to metal companies will decrease by 13.53% MoM, or by 36 thousand tons, to 230 thousand tons. “In April 266 thousand tons of scrap were delivered to the works. I believe both traders and procurers tried to sell as much scrap as possible, as…