Ukrainian Railways sold 7.4 thousand tons of scrap for UAH 57.2 million

Only 20 out of 129 auctions were successfully held

During a series of auctions on the Prozorro.Sales platform scheduled for June 30–July 2, 2025, Ukrainian Railways (UZ) successfully sold 7.4 thousand tons of ferrous metal scrap for UAH 57.2 million. The signing of protocols with the winners is currently pending.

A total of 129 lots with raw materials worth UAH 307.1 million and weighing 40.84 thousand tons were offered for sale. Only 20 auctions were successfully held. Another 109 did not take place due to an insufficient number of participants. The winner in 18 auctions is Ukrpobutbruskh LLC, and two more were divided between Lyon Agro LLC and Ferolit NPP.

The average price per ton of raw materials after the auctions rose to UAH 7.72 thousand compared to UAH 7.41 thousand at the start of trading.

As reported by GMK Center, Ukrainian Railways resumed scrap trading on May 16 this year. Prior to that, raw materials had not been sold since September 2023. In the first nine months of that year, the railway operator sold only 76.4 thousand tons of scrap, while in 2022, it sold 113 thousand tons against the planned 170 thousand tons.

Since then, the railway operator has held two series of auctions, trying to sell 12,000 tons of raw materials for UAH 87.3 million. The first attempt was unsuccessful, but during the second auction, 7 out of 33 auctions were successfully held. Thus, UZ sold 1.66 thousand tons of scrap for UAH 12.96 million. The starting price increased by UAH 1.1 million.

Auctions were also held on June 20 – 5.9 thousand tons for UAH 41.71 million – but the attempt was unsuccessful. The railway operator sold only one lot of raw materials out of 15. Ukrpobutbruskh LLC purchased 300 tons of scrap for UAH 2.58 million. The last auction was held on June 23, where all auctions failed – 8.5 thousand tons of raw materials for UAH 62.3 million.

Participants are not encouraged to participate, probably due to the inflated price. In particular, the last auction in 2023, after which there was a long break in trading on the part of UZ, took place at a price of 5.1-6.5 thousand UAH/ton (6.35 thousand UAH/ton on average from 53 lots). Thus, the most valuable type of scrap (Type 3) rose in price by more than 2 thousand UAH/t. At the same time, prices at scrap metal collection centers as of June 2025 ranged from 3.5 thousand UAH/t to 6 thousand UAH/t.