Ukraine has to officially inform WTO of the intention to prolong the 30-euro per ton duty on ferrous scrap for 2 years and hold corresponding consultations. “The government has to work for industry, while trade diplomacy – for Ukrainian manufacture interests and economy. Such notification is highly important, so that our foreign partners understand us”,…
Metinvest Group, ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih and Interpipe intend to take part in the Ukrzaliznytsia tender to sell 84.5 thousand tons of ferrous scrap with the initial price of 417.9 million UAH. In particular, Metinvest reported that its Metinvest-resource, the exclusive supplier of scrap to its companies, would participate in the auction. AMKR confirmed its intention…
The public joint stock company Ukrzaliznytsia has announced an auction to sell 84.5 thousand tons of ferrous scrap with the initial price of 417.91 million UAH. The company will sell 38 thousand tons of steel scrap (GOST 4121-2002 type 510, rails and rail scrap) at 5030 UAH per ton, 24 thousand tons of GOST 4121-2002…
In January-April the Nizhniy Novgorod subsidiary of the First Cargo Company (PGK) transported 162 thousand tons of ferrous scrap via the Gorkovskaya railroad, up by 9% YoY. “The positive dynamics is connected with the increase in transportation of NLMK and Severstal products, the railroad discount on local scrap deliveries, as well as the development of…
Additional revenue of the budget from the scrap export duty increase to 30 euro per ton exceeded 1 billion UAH. “One billion is a very pessimistic estimate of additional income of the budget. We believed that one ton of scrap processed and sold yields 7-8-fold more than just scrap”, Ukrmetallurgprom president Alexander Kalenkov said. According…
The Verkhovnaya Rada committee on industrial policy and entrepreneurship recommended the parliament to extend the scrap export duty of 30 euro per ton for 2 years. According to the state enterprise Ukrpromvneshexpertisa in 2016 scrap procurement reached 3.5 million tons, the minimum volume for the past 20 years. (Ukrainian metal)
In April Ukrainian metal companies received 290 thousand tons of scrap, up by 25 thousand tons MoM, or 95% of the need. In January-April metallurgists received 1 million tons of scrap, up by 15% YoY, and 82% of the need. Scrap stocks at metal companies in April increased by 20 thousand tons, to 115 thousand…
Kazakhstan has imposed a 6-months prohibition on ferrous scrap and waste exports. The corresponding Ministry of investments and development decree comes into effect 10 days after its official printing, or from May 27. The goal of this action is to support the local metal industry. On August 1, 2016 Kazakhstan already imposed a 6-months prohibition…