Ukraine: new scrap procuring association created

Companies dealing with ferrous and non-ferrous scrap, as well as other secondary materials have created the Ukrainian association of secondary metals and resources (UAVtormetresurs). According to Euro-Metal Invest deputy CEO Valeri Katunin, the company was registered on July 18. It will be a non-profitable organization. It will deal with protecting interests of its members; cooperate…

Ukraine: scrap prices at their lowest

In June Ukrainian companies received 299 thousand tons of scrap, up by 5% MoM, or by 13 thousand tons. According to the state enterprise Ukrpromvneshexpertisa, the increase was the result of the traders quickly selling their stocks in fear of the further drop in local market purchasing quotations. In June local metal companies decreased their…

Ukraine: VR increases scrap export duty

The Verkhovnaya Rada of Ukraine has increased the export duty on the ferrous metals scrap from 10 euro per ton to 30 euro for 1 year and cancelled the registration of import contracts. 248 people’s deputies supported the new version of the decree, which blocked the previous one on the 3-years term. “This is the…