Ukrainian scrap metal industry association Vtormet has said that a proposed increase in the export duty applied to ferrous scrap should not go ahead without public discussion, in a letter sent to Ukraine's economy ministry on Monday November 8.
In an earlier letter to the association dated November 2, the ministry confirmed its intention to impose an increase in the export duty on ferrous scrap to ?,?200 ($231) per tonne. Ukraine has had an export duty...