Enterprises producing ferrous metal scrap in January of this year reduced the production of ferrous scrap metal by 18.5% - to 97.1 thousand tons from 149 thousand tons.
According to the Ukrainian Association of Secondary Metals (UAVtormet), scrap collectors over the past month reduced the supply of scrap to Ukrainian metallurgical plants by 26.7% compared to the same period last year - to 92.5 thousand tons from 126.2 thousand tons. At the same time, steel production over the same period decreased by 16.4% - to 511 thousand tons from 611 thousand tons.
According to UAVtormet estimates, already in the first month of the ban on the export of scrap, more than 20-25% of companies in the industry partially suspended their work, and about 12-15% completely ceased their activities. According to experts, by April-May of this year, about 4-4.5 thousand workers in the scrap industry will lose
