Ukrzaliznytsia sold 30,000 tons of scrap worth UAH 146.5 million

The average price per ton of sold secondary scrap metal was UAH 5.01 thousand

Ukrzaliznytsia (UZ) successfully sold 30.07 thousand tons of ferrous metal scrap worth UAH 146.46 million. Initially, the railway operator planned to sell 37.3 thousand tons of raw materials for UAH 150.76 million. The average price per ton of sold secondary scrap metal was UAH 5.01 thousand. This is evidenced by the relevant information of the electronic trading system Prozorro.Sale.

In total, 54 lots of scrap were published, for which 34 auctions were successfully held. UZ failed to sell 7.22 thousand tons of scrap worth more than UAH 25 million due to insufficient number of participants in the auctions.

Lots that UZ managed to sell at auctions on March 7, 2023

The lot number	Weight, t	Cost, UAH	Buyer
718Б	1302.05	8 268 040	Ekovtorresurs LLC
763Б	1188.9	6 027 598	Metinvest-Resources LLC
762Б	1262.7	5 934 784	Ukrmet-Invest LLC
717Б	1215.6	5 800 001	Dniprostal LLC
730Б	650	5 655 650	Ukrbrukht LLC
732Б	1216.1	5 605 157	Dniprostal LLC
734Б	1216.1	5 605 157	Dniprostal LLC
733Б	1216.1	5 234 540.47	Metinvest-Resources LLC
716Б	972.6	5 154 923.1	Dniprostal LLC
731Б	1200	5 147 004	Metinvest-Resources LLC

Source: prozoro.sale.

Among the scrap sold are types 322, 4, 500, 506, 501, 1, 3. These are rails, wagon frames, wire, wagon axles, wheels and other scrap. Metinvest-Resources and Dniprostal MZ purchased the most raw materials – 14.01 thousand tons for UAH 61.7 million and 10.8 thousand tons for UAH 54.01 million, respectively.

From the beginning of 2023, UZ successfully implemented 39.98 thousand tons of ferrous metal scrap worth UAH 188.17 million.

As GMK Center reported earlier, in 2022, Ukrzaliznytsia 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.