Ukraine: scrap shortage to increase in Q2 2023

Ukrainian metal companies started increasing output after a considerable fall last year, but new challenges appeared. In particular, this concerns scrap supplies. It is expected that in the next few months the shortage will increase. For a couple of months now, scrap stocks at enterprises have not been exceeding 20-25 thousand tons, while in December…

Kazakhstan: coal output up in January 2023

In January, Kazakhstan extracted 10.4 million tons of coal, up by 2.3% YoY. The key regions – Pavlodar and Karaganda – accounted for 90.7% of the output. Pavlodar region extracted 6.6 million tons of coal, up by 5.3%, and Karaganda – 2.8 million tons, down by 4.9%. In 2022, Kazakhstan produced 118 million tons of…