In January-march, the time to deliver ferrous scrap over railroad to metal companies totaled 5.1 days, up by 7.7% YoY. The minimal time (4.5 days) was in Q1 2015 and Q1 2017. This year the batches with the total weight of up to 260 tons (77% of all shippings) were delivered within 5.4 days, up…
In March scrap deliveries to Ukrainian metal companies improved. In particular, 296 thousand tons of scrap were procured, up by 118% MoM, of which domestic companies received 288 thousand tons, up by 125%. At the same time exports remained on the February level – 8 thousand tons. In Q1, 661 thousand tons were procured, down…
In January-March, Ukraine exported 19.638 thousand tons of scrap valued at $5.461 million, down 7.1-fold and 8.8-fold YoY respectively. According to the State Fiscal Service, in March Ukraine exported 8.246 thousand tons of scrap, in February – 8.252 thousand tons and in January – 3.14 thousand tons. At the same time Ukraine increased scrap imports…
The President of Ukraine Petr Poroshenko has signed a decree to increase scrap export duty from 42 euro to 58 euro per ton. On February 28 the Verhovna Rada adopted the draft decree No. 9474, providing for the duty increase, as a whole. 234 parliament members voted in favor of the decree. The duty will…
In 2018 Russia procured 25.95 million tons of scrap, with the average price at 17.727 rubles per ton, up by 2,817 rubles YoY. As metal companies did not want to buy scrap at that price, exports in December 2018 increased. Because of the increase of the domestic prices, some metal companies are lobbying the imposition…
The state enterprise Ukrpromvneshexpertisa forecasts that in April scrap stocks at metal companies will grow by 15.4% MoM, to 75 thousand tons. Scrap stocks as of the end of February dropped to 79 thousand tons, or by 55% MoM. Scrap stocks in working days fell to 9 days, or by 25% below the norm. The…
The state enterprise Ukrpromvneshekspertisa forecasts that in April scrap deliveries to metal companies will grow by 7% MoM, to 245 thousand tons. In March deliveries will grow considerably on the basis of increasing purchasing prices and seasonal improvement of procurement. In April-May delivery level will be roughly on the same level. The forecast volumes of…
Interpipe may start importing scrap to cover the shortage on the local market. “So far we see only one option – long-term imports”, the company CFO Denis Morozov said. “At the same time, unfortunately, Ukrainian infrastructure is not ready for scrap imports – neither ports, nor railroad”, he added. Scrap is the main raw material…
In 2018 Russia exported 109.2 thousand tons of corrosion-resistant steel scrap valued at $120 million, up by 0.7% and by 13% YoY respectively.
This is also the highest result in 10 and 6 years respectively.
Scrap with nickel contents of 8% and more accounted for some 75% of exports. (Ukrainian metal)
The Ministry of Industry and Trade intends to hold a number of meetings with the management of the major metal companies to discuss a potential embargo on the steel scrap export. According to a ministry representative, the issue has to do with the trend to limit the export of scrap as a product of the…
In February scrap procurement dropped by 41% MoM, to 136 thousand tons. Delivery to metal companies fell by 44%, to 128 thousand tons, while exports grew by 267%, to 8 thousand tons. In January-February scrap procurement decreased by 38% YoY, to 356 thousand tons, with deliveries to metal companies down by 39%, to 354 thousand…
The Russian Industry and Trade Ministry may ban exports of ores and concentrates of non-ferrous metals as well as scrap and waste of precious metals from May 1 through October 31. The draft ruling’s note said that the capacities of the Russian precious metals refineries were loaded by less than 30% in 2018, while revenue…
In 2018 Russia exported 5.74 million tons of scrap valued at $1660 million, up by 6.9% and by 24.9% YoY respectively. Turkey accounted for some 43% of the purchases, up by 4.9%. In December 2018 the average prices was $256 per ton, up by 2%. The share of Belarus is 24.2%, up by 4.8%, and…
A draft decree has been registered in the Verkhovna Rada. It presupposes canceling the voted draft decree on the increase of scrap export duty from 42 euro to 58 euro per ton. According to the accompanying note, because of the implementation of this decree, the balance of interests of all participants will be lost, and…
On March 4, Metinvest-Resource LLC purchased 7.3 thousand tons of scrap valued at 47.2 million UAH at the trades in the ProZorro system. Metinvest-Resource is the sole supplier of scrap to Metinvest enterprises. The initial price of the lot 13B increased from 46.788 million UAH to 47.256 million UAH. Thus, 1 ton of scrap costs…
Verkhovna Rada has approved as a whole the decree to decrease the ferrous scrap shortage on the domestic market by increasing the scrap export duty from 42 euro to 48 euro per ton and prolonging it for three years. 234 members of the Parliament voted in favor of the decree. This is the third decree.…
This year Ukrzaliznytsia (Ukrainian Railways) intends to actively sell scrap and outdated cars and earn some 2 billion UAH. Since late 2018 Ukrzaliznytsia has started selling scrap via the Prozorro.Sales program. At that time the company put its first four lots for sale with the combined initial cost of 260 million UAH. In January the…
Under the program to protect environment Trubodetal is gathering manufacturing waste and submitting it for processing. Last year the company gathered 6.5 thousand tons of metal scrap. Apart form scrap, the company also submits for reuse and processing other waste: polyethylene, wood, and paper. The waste is gathered in special containers situated on the territory…
The Russian president Vladimir Putin has ordered the government to develop suggestions on the upgrading of the scrap sphere. The suggestions should touch the rules of scrap procurement and sales, including using digital platforms. The suggestions should be ready by May 31. The Russian scrap market is estimated at 1 trillion rubles per year. (Ukrainian…
The state enterprise Ukrpromvneshekspertisa forecasts that in March ferrous scrap prices will grow by 3-12.5% MoM, to $315-340 per ton. The price could grow following the increase in price of rolled metal. At the same time, in April the experts expect a drop of export quotations because of the decrease in demand and the seasonal…
The state enterprise Ukrpromvneshekspertisa forecasts that in March ferrous scrap deliveries to metal companies will grow by 50% MoM, to 210 thousand tons. In February deliveries will be insignificant due to the low procurement level. At the same time in March and April deliveries will grow because of the expected increase in price and better…
In order to decrease the shadow economy on the scrap market, the income tax of the population has to be decreased from the current 10% to 5% for private entrepreneurs. The Latvian association of waste procurement has voiced this to the Ministry of Finances. At present the higher tax does not allow Latvian companies to…
Ukrainian Railways (Ukrzaliznytsia) has prohibited the transportation of metal scrap to ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih.
According to the enterprise report, scrap is prohibited to be delivered to the Krivoy Rog-Main station.
The prohibition runs from February 18 till February 21. (Ukrainian metal)
Ukrzaliznytsia (Ukrainian Railways) has once again announced a tender to sell scrap.
This is 16.059 thousand tons of bulk scrap No. 510 (rail scrap) with the starting price of 181.196 million UAH.
The auction will take place on March 4. (Ukrainian metal)