In January-June, scrap enterprises increased deliveries to metal plants by 66% YoY, to 687 thousand tons. According to the Ukrainian Association of Secondary Metals, scrap procurement grew by 62%, to 860 thousand tons. Scrap enterprises could increase procurement volumes by 37-45% this year, to 1.75-1.85 million tons. (Ukrainian metal)
Metinvest is reviewing the issue of renting Liberty Czestochowa steel-smelting assets, the daughter company of Liberty Steel. The group has to carry out a concise evaluation of the assets to determine the launch date. Liberty Czestochowa’s steel shops could become an opportunity for Metinvest, which had lost almost a half of its steel capacities due…
In January-June, Interpipe paid 2.4 billion UAH of taxes to budgets of all levels, up by 37% YoY. In particular, payments to the state budget amounted to 1.8 billion UAH (+40%), to local budgets – 306 million UAH (+31%) and the unified social payment – 300 million UAH (+26%). Last year, the group paid 4.4…