Ukrainian Railways put up for sale 17 thousand tons of scrap for UAH 113.2 million

Auctions for the sale of secondary steel raw materials are scheduled for September 18, 2023

Ukrainian Railways (UZ) put up for auction in the system Prozorro.Sales 28 lots with scrap with a total weight of 17.3 thousand tons. The total initial cost is UAH 113.2 million. The average initial price per ton of raw materials is UAH 6.85 thousand.

All lots of raw materials are exhibited for the first time. The deadline for submitting applications for participation is September 17, 2023. Auctions will be held on September 18.

Top 10 lots displayed by UZ in the Prozorro system

The lot number	Weight, tons	Cost, UAH
869B	1011.1	6,572,241.00
848B	989.1	6,428,870.50
849B	940.9	6,115,785.00
858B	925.2	6,013,650.50
857B	911.9	5,927,304.50
868B	906.5	5,892,061.50
867B	906.5	5,892,061.50
859B	890.0	5,785,000.00
854B	806.0	5,239,253.50
861B	765.4	5,051,897.40

Source: prozorro.sale.

Among the scrap offered for sale are types 3, 4, 361 and others. These are pads, steel shavings, wire, railcar frames, parts of engines, railcars, wheels, tires, tracks and other scrap.

From the last auctions for the sale of UZ scrap, the average starting price of raw materials rose by UAH 398.

From the beginning of 2023, UZ successfully implemented 55.43 thousand tons of ferrous metal scrap worth UAH 288.84 million.

As GMK Center reported earlier, in 2022, Ukrainian Raiways successfully implemented 113.04 thousand scrap ferrous metals with a total value of UAH 669.98 million. This is 43.8% and 55.4% less, respectively, compared to 2021.

Among the main buyers of raw materials were:

• Metinvest-Resources – 37 lots (33.28 thousand tons for UAH 178.1 million);
• Dniprostal – 36 lots (30.34 thousand tons for UAH 155.66 million);
• Ferolit – 16 lots (12.3 thousand tons for UAH 95.19 million).

In general, the railway year the operator planned to implement 170 thousand tons of scrap metal. The state company also intended to dismantle 13,000 wagons, the weight of which is partially included in the above figure.