Ukrzaliznytsia put up for sale 12.5 thousand tons of scrap for UAH 49.5 million

Ukrzaliznytsia (UZ) put up for auction in the system ProZorro.Sales 22 lots with scrap metal with a total weight of 12.5 thousand tons. The total initial cost is UAH 49.5 million. The average initial price per ton of scrap is UAH 3.9 thousand.

All lots are exhibited for the first time. The deadline for submitting applications for participation is October 18. The auction will take place on October 19, 2022.

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

Data source: prozorro.sale

Among the scrap offered for sale are types 510, 509, 508, 506, 505, 503, 502, and 500. These are worn parts of railcars and trains, wire, shavings, and rails.

A day earlier, UZ announced its intention to sell 9 thousand tons of scrap for UAH 35.6 million. The average initial price per ton of scrap is UAH 6.22 thousand. The auction will take place on October 18, 2022.

As GMK Center reported earlier, from the beginning of 2022 UZ sold 80.3 thousand tons of scrap metal for UAH 502.6 million. In total for the year, the railway operator planned to sell 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).