Some 435 tons of scrap procured under the Clean Arctic project in the Yakutia settlement of Tiksi has been delivered to the Nizhniy Bestyakh cargo terminal. The scrap was loaded into containers and sent via railroad to Amurstal. There are 437 places of accumulation in Yakutia, with 84% situated in the Artic zone. On the…
In June, Ukraine for the first time exported ferrous scrap to Belarus. According to Ukrmetallurgprom president Aleksander Kalenkov, BMZ was probably the customer. Even though the export volumes to Belarus are small, they are symbolic nevertheless. “Turkey and Transnistria are traditional buyers of Ukrainian scrap. With the latter being a Russian enclave receiving energy resources…
ArcelorMittal Kriviy Rih supports the imposition of a ferrous scrap export ban until the end of 2023. According to the company CEO Mauro Longobardo, the main buyers of Ukrainian scrap are Turkish metal plants. Using cheaper raw materials from Ukraine they later create competition for Ukrainian companies on their own market. “Scrap goes to Turkey,…
In January-June, Ukraine increased export of ferrous scrap 13.7-fold YoY, to 230.97 thousand tons, including 84.63 thousand tons in June. According to the State Customs Service, in monetary terms exports have grown 19.2-fold, to $82.86 million. Imports went up by 36.6%, to 12.55 thousand tons valued at $22.331 million, up 2.1-fold. The main suppliers were…
Interpipe Steel has asked the Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal to prohibit the export of scrap until December 31, 2023. “Scrap is the main raw material for our operation. We depend on its availability”, the company said on its page in Facebook. According to it, the scrap procurement in Ukraine is rather complex. In 2020, procurement…
The Ukrtruboprom Association has asked the Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal to prohibit the export of ferrous scrap until the end of 2023. In his letter the association CEO Georgy Polskiy said, that in 2020 the Ukrainian pipe industry was in a difficult situation. Because of the drop in oil prices and coronavirus limitation, consumption of…
Ukrmetallurgprom has asked the Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal to temporarily prohibit the export of scrap. The association letter says the revival of the economy has resulted in a sharp increase of raw materials prices, including ferrous scrap. In a year, the price of scrap grew almost 2-fold, from $265 per ton to $468 per ton.…
In January-June, Ukraine procured 1.97 million tons of scrap, up by 42.2% YoY. The growth was due to high purchasing prices and the activity of exporters. Deliveries to metal companies went up by 26.3%, to 1653.3 thousand tons. Exports amounted to 230.9 thousand tons, up almost 14-fold YoY. Imports totaled 12.6 thousand tons, up by…
