In 2016 Meta Group, a part of ChTPZ, sold 1.354 million tons of scrap, up by 4% YoY, with 760 thousand tons being the group procured scrap, and 594 thousand tons – transit scrap. Meta-Perm demonstrated the growth of 6.1 thousand tons, Vtorchermet – 10.6 thousand tons, Meta-Chelyabinsk – 17.1 thousand tons, and Meta-Yekaterinburg –…
The Ministry of economic development and trade has ordered the supervisory board of Ukrzaliznytsia to sell its scrap to local metal companies. The decision followed the earlier meeting of the Prime Minister Vladimir Groysman with the representatives of the metal companies and aims at securing their interests. According to the Ukrzaliznytsia chairman Wojcieh Balczun, this…
According to Interpipe, in 2017 Ukraine will become a net-importer of scrap. The company believes that this year the situation with scrap procurement will further worsen. In 2017 Ukraine will procure 2.9-3.1 million tons of scrap. This is less than what was delivered to local companies in 2016 (3.2 million tons), and much less than…
In January the Saint Petersburg subsidiary of the First Cargo Company (PGK) transported 28 thousand tons of scrap, up 1.8 times YoY. The increase was the result of the growth of shipments to Severstal and NLMK companies. In particular, Severstal increased purchases 2.6 times YoY, to 24 thousand tons of scrap, and NLMK – 1.4…
The Ukrainian association of secondary metals and resources (UAVtormetresurs) has asked the Prime Minister Vladimir Groysman to cancel the demand to use cash registers when buying scrap from the population. According to the Ministry of economical development and trade, there are currently 616 enterprises in Ukraine dealing with ferrous scrap, including 62 large, 492 medium…
In January the Moscow subsidiary of the First Cargo Company increased throughput by 35% YoY, to 173 thousand tons. The main cargo was ferrous metals, scrap, chemical and mineral fertilizers. The increase was due to the high demand for ferrous metals and scrap on behalf of the machine-building enterprises of the Central and Southern districts…
In January scrap stocks at Ukrainian iron and steel works decreased by 70 thousand tons, to 120 thousand tons. Last month metal companies received 230 thousand tons of scrap, down by 90 thousand tons MoM, or 73% of their need. In January Ukraine exported 10 thousand tons of scrap and imported 2 thousand tons. In…
On February 6, the South-Western Railroads, a subsidiary of Ukrzaliznytsia, held its first scrap auctions with the total value of 4.2 million UAH. The trade was announced on January 25. Only 2 companies participated: Nizhin Research and Mechanical Plant (NDMZ) and Trading House Budkom. The initial price of the auction was 5935 UAH per ton.…