Only a small part of destroyed enemy war machines could be used as scrap for steel manufacture, Metinvest CEO Yuri Ryzhenkov believes. “Some think, that you can just take all this, smelt it and make new metal or machines, but it is not so. The remains are a very complex story, as that metal has…
The Ukrainian Association of Secondary Metals (UAVtormet) forecasts the increase of ferrous scrap procurement next year by 20% YoY, to 1.2 million tons. At the same time, expert Sergiy Kovalevskiy believes, that this year scrap procurement will be on the level of 1 million tons, of which 850 thousand tons will be used by Ukrainian…
In January-May, Ukraine exported 77.5 thousand tons of scrap, up 3-fold YoY. According to UAVtormet, imports remained at a very low level – 0.03 thousand tons (0.1 thousand tons last year). Scrap procurement decreased by 21.7%, to 444.3 thousand tons. Domestic scrap deliveries to metal plants dropped by 44.3%, to 345.7 thousand tons. (Ukrainian metal)
In January-April, Ukraine procured 366.6 thousand tons of ferrous metal scrap, down by 40.8% YoY. Scrap deliveries to metal plants dropped by 49.8%, to 292.8 thousand tons. Exports went up 8-fold, to 56.4 thousand tons. (Ukrainian metal)
The government of Kazakhstan has prolonged the prohibition to export ferrous and non-ferrous metals scrap. The export is prohibited by all transport means. The ban was imposed to increase scrap deliveries to domestic metal companies, as well as to fight the illegal trade in scrap. (Ukrainian metal)
In January-March, Ukraine decreased scrap procurement by 60% YoY, to 222.6 thousand tons. Domestic deliveries of scrap to metal plants dropped by 60.8%, to 207.7 thousand tons. Exports grew 5.7-fold, to 40.3 thousand tons, while imports fell from 0.1 thousand tons to 0.05 thousand tons. Scrap stocks decreased to the December 2022 level of 10-15…
In January-March, Ukraine exported 40.255 thousand tons of scrap, up 5.7-fold YoY. According to the State Customs Service, in monetary terms exports amounted to $11.725 million. The main customer was Poland (96.65%) with 1.31% exported to the Netherlands and 0.95% to Slovakia. In January-February, Ukraine did not import scrap, but in March bought 46 tons…
In March, Ukraine exported 16.4 thousand tons of metal scrap, up by 8% MoM. This is a new record. The previous was set in February. Poland was the main customer. Small volumes were shipped to Slovakia and Lithuania. Average daily exports grew to 0.53 thousand tons, up from 0.5 thousand tons in February. (Ukrainian metal)