Ukraine: scrap deliveries to drop in early 2019

The state enterprise Ukrpromvneshexpertisa believes that in January 2019 scrap deliveries to metal companies will decrease by 3.85% MoM, to 250 thousand tons. In February 2019 deliveries will further drop to 185 thousand tons because of the considerable fall of demand for imported raw materials and the seasonal factor. For December Ukrpromvneshexpertisa forecast scrap deliveries…

Ukraine: scrap procurement falling for 5 years

Volumes of scrap procurement have been falling for the past 5 years. According to the Ukrainian Association of Secondary metals (UAVtormet), procurement fell from 4.6 million tons in 2013 to 3.7 million tons in 2017. In January-November Ukrainian enterprises collected 3.35 million tons of scrap, and in 2018 are expecting to gather 3.5 million tons.…