In January-February, Ukraine procured 520.4 thousand tons of scrap, down by 18.5% YoY. The drop is due to the seasonal factor as well as export limitations. Exports in 2 months amounted to 7.1 thousand tons, down by 76.6%, while imports fell by 94.9%, to 0.1 thousand tons. Deliveries to metal companies decreased by 15.5%, to…
Ukrzaliznytsia was able to successfully carry out only one out of 11 scrap auctions, having received 5.948 million UAH from the sales. A customer purchased 926 tons of ferrous scrap. 10 auctions were not held. The enterprise failed to sell 2.1 thousand tons valued at 13.3 million UAH. (Ukrainian metal)
In January, Ukraine exported 5.69 thousand tons of scrap, down by 70.4% YoY. According to the State Customs Service, in monetary terms exports dropped by 56.9%, to $2.58 million. Scrap imports fell by 92.8%, to 150 tons valued at $53 thousand, down by 98.4%. The main suppliers were Bulgaria (59.62% in monetary terms), Russia (16.67%)…
Ukrzaliznytsia has successfully held 17 auctions to sell scrap having received 99.93 million UAH. 14.1 thousand tons of non-ferrous scrap was sold. All the planned auctions have been held. The combined initial price grew by 10.2%, or by 9.2 million UAH. (Ukrainian metal)
The Metinvest group estimates the need of its enterprises in scrap in 2022 on the level of 1.9 million tons. Taking into account the current balance of customers and potential exports, which is expected to be around 150 thousand tons, the group sees the level of procurement at least not below the 2021 level. The…
The Ukrainian Association of Secondary Metals (UAVtormet) forecasts that this year ferrous scrap procurement will decrease following a growth in 2021. Average procurement is estimated at 3 million tons, down by 27.5%. Scrap deliveries to metal companies will amount to 2.8 million tons, down by 15.7%, while export will drop from 615.7 thousand tons to…
For the second time in 6 months Armenia is prolonging the ban to export metal scrap. The decision was taken on January 20. The ban was imposed to allow local manufacturers developing their own production using scrap and waste of non-ferrous metals and alloys. According to statistics, in January-September 2021 metal output totaled over 70…
In 2021, Ukraine increased scrap export 17.2-fold YoY, to 615.7 thousand tons valued at $238.9 million, up 25.2-fold. According to the customs statistics, in December 2021, exports grew 28.7-fold, to $27 million, and 23.6-fold, to 68.2 thousand tons. The main customer was Turkey (84.85%), followed by Romania (6.7%) and Poland (3.45%). Imports in 2021 dropped…