The State Property Fund of Ukraine intends to sell Zaporozhye Aluminum Works. The starting price of the once giant of the non-ferrous metallurgy is 152 million UAH. The auction is scheduled for August 6. The fund has owned 97.5% of the enterprise shares since February. (Ukrainian metal)
In June, Ukrainian seaports processed 7 million tons of cargo, up 1.5-fold YoY. Iron ore occupied the second place with 1.2 million tons, up from 0.2 million tons, while grain was in the lead with 4.4 million tons, up from 3.4 million tons. In January-June, seaports transshipped 53 million tons of cargo. (Ukrainian metal)
In January-June, Ukraine exported 833 thousand tons of flat rolled metal, up by 96.9% YoY, and 906 thousand tons of semi-finished steel products, up by 57%. Exports of bars and sections amounted to 257 thousand tons, remaining unchanged. Domestic steel consumption grew by 7.8%, to 1.74 million tons, of which imports accounted for 592.4 thousand…