In January-August, Ukraine exported 410.43 thousand tons of ferrous scrap, up 19.93-fold YoY, including 75.84 thousand tons in August. According to the State Customs Statistics, revenue grew 29.5-fold, to $157.15 million. Imports in 8 months amounted to 15.89 thousand tons valued at $28.94 million, up by 31.7% and 2.1-fold YoY respectively. The main suppliers were…
In January-July, metal companies received 2222 thousand tons of scrap, up by 42% YoY. Imports accounted for 1887 thousand tons, up by 22%. Exports grew by 1841%, to 335 thousand tons. (Ukrainian metal)
In January-July, Ukraine exported 334.6 thousand tons of scrap, up 20-fold YoY. Import amounted to 14.8 thousand tons, up by 39.1%. Scrap procurement grew by 43.1%, to 2.34 million tons. Metal companies received 1.9 million tons of scrap, up by 23.1%. (Ukrainian metal)
On July 23-30, metal companies increased buying prices for scrap from 7800 UAH to 9600 UAH per ton. Scrap deliveries to metal companies dropped from 63.9 thousand tons to 61.4 thousand tons. Scrap need was estimated at 60.2 thousand tons. Scrap stocks amounted to 190 thousand tons, down from 224 thousand tons a week earlier.…
In June, Ukraine for the first time exported ferrous scrap to Belarus. According to Ukrmetallurgprom president Aleksander Kalenkov, BMZ was probably the customer. Even though the export volumes to Belarus are small, they are symbolic nevertheless. “Turkey and Transnistria are traditional buyers of Ukrainian scrap. With the latter being a Russian enclave receiving energy resources…
ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih supports the imposition of a ferrous scrap export ban until the end of 2023. According to the company CEO Mauro Longobardo, the main buyers of Ukrainian scrap are Turkish metal plants. Using cheaper raw materials from Ukraine they later create competition for Ukrainian companies on their own market. “Scrap goes to Turkey,…
In January-June, Ukraine increased export of ferrous scrap 13.7-fold YoY, to 230.97 thousand tons, including 84.63 thousand tons in June. According to the State Customs Service, in monetary terms exports have grown 19.2-fold, to $82.86 million. Imports went up by 36.6%, to 12.55 thousand tons valued at $22.331 million, up 2.1-fold. The main suppliers were…
Interpipe Steel has asked the Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal to prohibit the export of scrap until December 31, 2023. “Scrap is the main raw material for our operation. We depend on its availability”, the company said on its page in Facebook. According to it, the scrap procurement in Ukraine is rather complex. In 2020, procurement…