Turkish steelmaker Isdemir has announced on its website that it will not conclude any domestic scrap purchases in the August 15-31 period.
According to market sources, the local scrap purchase prices of Turkish mills as of August 26, 2015 stand at the following levels:
| Producer/ product | Price (TRY/mt) | Price ($/mt) | Price changes (TRY/mt) 19.8.2015 |
| Colakoglu | |||
| P&S | 580 | 198 | 0 |
| HMS I | 575 | 196 | 0 |
| HMS I/II (70:30) | 520 | 177 | 0 |
| HMS I/II (50:50) | 420 | 143 | 0 |
| HMS II | 400 | 137 | 0 |
| Turnings | 390 | 133 | 0 |
| Nursan | |||
| Manufacture | 620 | 212 | 0 |
| HMS I | 590 | 201 | 0 |
| Icdas | |||
| HMS I | 520 | 177 | 0 |
| Turnings | 320 | 109 | 0 |
| Asil Celik | |||
| P&S | 655 | 224 | 0 |
| HMS I | 615 | 210 | 0 |
| HMS I/II (70:30) | 505 | 172 | 0 |
| IDÇ | |||
| P&S | 640 | 218 | 0 |
| HMS I | 620 | 212 | 0 |
| Kardemir | |||
| P&S | 680 | 237 | ↑ 20 |
| HMS I | 670 | 232 | ↑ 20 |
| HMS I/II (70:30) | 610 | 229 | ↑ 20 |
| HMS I/II (50:50) | 505 | 208 | ↑ 20 |
All above prices are for deliveries to customer and exclude VAT.
$1 = TRY 2.93