Procurement of scrap metal, a major commodity in post-Soviet economies, is up 43% yoy, to 2.35 million tons, reports the Ukrainian Association of Secondary Metals, or UAVtormet. Exports, largely to Turkey, are up 19.5 times yoy, to 334,600 tons. Supplies to Ukraine’s steel mills increas... #ScrapMetalFromUkraine #UkraineScrapMetal
Enjoying a 20-fold increase in scrap metal export revenues during the first half of this year, Ukraine’s scrap metal dealers association, UAVtormet, is fighting a proposal by Ukrmetallurgprom, the metals industry association, to ban exports of scrap. The year’s run up in world metal prices impa... #ScrapMetalFromUkraine #ScrapMetalUkraine
