Ukraine should export metal not scrap

Metal products exports are more profitable than scrap exports. “According to our calculations, a country receives more from 1 ton of scrap turned into metal and exported than from the sale of 1 ton of scrap”, said Ukrmetallurgprom president Alexander Kalenkov. Mining-metallurgical complex is one of the main revenue-gatherers for Ukraine. “Scrap market is very…

Ukraine: metal makers short of scrap

Ukrainian metal companies underreceived 420 thousand tons of scrap. “Scrap procurement worsened in 2016. Even if there is no scrap export this year, we will still be short of it”, Alexander Kalenkov, Ukrmetallurgprom president, reported. Earlier the company predicted the liquid steel output in 2016 on the level of 28-29 million tons. “But only if…

Ukraine: scrap market to get out of the shade

Ukrmetallurgprom and Vtormet have initiated changes to legislation to lead the scrap market out of the shade. “We have just signed the letter to the prime-minister Vladimir Groysman on legislation initiatives. They will make the scrap market more clear”, the Ukrmetallurgprom president Alexander Kalenkov said. In particular, the changes propose the cancellation of VAT in…