Ukrzaliznytsia put up for sale 21,000 tons of scrap for 93.4 million hryvnias

Auctions for the sale of 32 lots of scrap metal are scheduled for September 20, 2022

Ukrzaliznytsia (UZ) put up for auction in the system ProZorro. Sales 32 lots with scrap metal with a total weight of 21.2 thousand tons. The total initial cost is UAH 93.4 million. The average initial price per ton of scrap metal is UAH 4.43 thousand.

Almost all the lots are being relisted after the failed sale in early September. The deadline for submitting applications for participation is September 19. The auction will be held on September 20, 2022.

The largest scrap lots from UZ, exhibited in the ProZorro system

Data source: prozorro.sale

Among the scrap offered for sale are types 500, 321, 503, 34, 506, 505, 501, 313, and 5. These are worn parts of railcars and trains, frames, shavings, wheels, axles, springs and more.

As GMK Center reported earlier, from the beginning of 2022 UZ sold 77.9 thousand tons of scrap metal for UAH 491.1 mln. In total for the year, the railway operator planned to implement 170 thousand tons of scrap, including 13 thousand railcars.

In 2021, Ukrzaliznytsia sold 201.2 thousand tons of scrap ferrous metals with a total value of UAH 1.503 billion. This is 38.8% more in monetary terms and 2.6 times more than in kind compared to 2020.

During the year, UZ managed to hold 84 auctions out of 210 published. Among the main buyers of raw materials are:

• Dniprostal – 28 lots (82.2 thousand tons for UAH 631.4 million);
• Metinvest-Resources – 26 lots (80.8 thousand tons for UAH 592.2 million);
• Ferolit – 16 lots (13.8 thousand tons for 112.2 million UAH).