Ukraine: scrap exports down in January-April 2019

In January-April, Ukraine decreased scrap exports 7.6-fold YoY, to 28.429 thousand tons. According to the State Fiscal Service, in monetary terms exports dropped 9.6-fold, to $7.655 million. In April Ukraine exported 8.791 thousand tons of scrap, in March – 8.246 thousand tons, in February – 8.252 thousand tons and in January – 3.14 thousand tons.…

Russia: ChTPZ decreases statutory fund

Chelyabinsk Pipe-Rolling Works has purchased a part of its own shares in order to decrease its statutory fund. The price of the buyback was 114.42 rubles per share. The total number of shares reached 166,666,132. The company has to pay for the shares not later than on May 21. The seller was Pervouralsky Pipe Works,…