Ukrainian metallurgists note an acute deficiency of scrap metal

Earlier, the largest exporter of metal scrap - Ukraine began to buy it in Russia and Kazakhstan. According to the Ministry of Revenues and fees, from January to August the import of scrap metal to Ukraine grew by a third.

At the same time, scrap exports from Ukraine are growing, for example, to Turkey, a large price offering for 10 dollars than Ukrainian metallurgical plants. According to the statistics of the Ministry of Revenues and the collections of the sale of scrap metal in August, the volume of exports from the beginning of the year had exceeded four times. Prices for industrial and household goods can be found by the link http://freemarket.kiev.ua .

At the Donetsk electrometallurgical plant (DEMZ), they announced a threat to production reduction due to acute scrap deficiency. According to the analyst of the Delphica project "Ukrpromvneschekspetiza" Yuri Dobrovolsky, Ukrainian companies, in addition to importing Loma, are actively used by its substitutes, such as the hot -assembled iron produced by the Russian "Metalloinvest". For two months, about 40 thousand tons of these products were shipped from the Lebedinsky GOK of Metalinvest.

The Ukrpromvnesh expertise notes that the existing position on the market is not critical, however, if the market conditions improve, then with the growth of steel production in Ukraine, a real deficiency of scrap metal can occur, which can be 1 million 100 thousand tons next year.

"The mechanisms with which it would be possible to force the brokeners to supply internal consumers to not. So far, it is possible to export the scrap of ferrous metals, the procurers will hold it in warehouses," Yuri Dobrovolsky emphasized.