In June railroad deliveries of ferrous scrap to the metal works and pipe companies totaled 1.44 million tons, up by 7.6% MoM and by 10% YoY. In January-June scrap deliveries dropped by 1.6% YoY, to 5.93 million tons. (Ukrainian metal)
Having prohibited the exports of scrap from the main Far East ports for 6 months to help Amurmetal with raw materials, the government can now take similar measures to help Abinsk Electrometallurgical Works (AEMZ). The Ministry of industry and trade intends to hold a meeting on providing AEMZ with raw materials. The authorities of Krasnodar…
In April, according to the customs statistics, Russia imported 35.2 thousand tons of ferrous metals scrap from Kazakhstan. This is more than was imported in March 1.8-fold, but lower by 23% YoY. In January-April scrap imports reached 94 thousand tons, down by 46% YoY. (Ukrainian metal)
In April, according to the customs statistics, Russia exported 490 thousand tons of ferrous scrap to Turkey, up by 26.5% MoM and by 33% YoY. The average price on the Russian border was $280.5 per ton, up by 5.2% MoM and by 23.2% YoY. In January-April ferrous scrap exports totaled 1.6 million tons, up by…
President Petro Poroshenko has signed a decree to increase the scrap export duty to 42 euros per ton and prolong it for a year, until September 2019. On May 17 the Verkhovna Rada adopted the decree No. 8226 “On amendments to some decrees of Ukraine on the decrease of ferrous scrap on domestic market”. In…
In May 368 thousand tons of scrap were procured in Ukraine, up by 14% MoM. Of this 333 thousand tons were imported, up by 35% MoM. Scrap exports dropped to the 46% of the April volume, to 35 thousand tons. In January-May scrap procurement grew by 10%, to 1.561 million tons, with 1.31 million tons…
Scrap procuring companies of Ukraine hope that the creation of the free trade zone with Turkey will decrease the export duty on scrap. At present the Agreement on the Association of Ukraine and EU presupposes the zeroing of the export rate on scrap by 2024. In 2018 the duty dropped from 9.5 euros per ton…
Interpipe is pondering the creation of the database of unscrupulous scrap procuring enterprises in order not to cooperate with them in future. “The scrap shortage is an important factor for us, but on the other hand we are now more concerned with the quality of the raw materials we receive. We want to create the…