Today, February 3, Izmir-based Turkish mills have once again decreased their ship scrap purchase quotations, reducing them by $5-15/mt as compared to the levels recorded yesterday. The general range of ship scrap purchase quotations in Turkey have moved down from $385-400/mt to $370-385/mt. Since the beginning of the current week, ship scrap prices in Turkey have indicated a total decrease of $25-35/mt, depending on the buyer.
In Turkey's Izmir region, the ship scrap purchase prices of local steelmakers are as follows:
Producer |
Price ($/mt) |
Price change ($/mt) |
Ozkan Demir Celik |
375 |
-10 |
Habaş |
385 |
-15 |
Ege Çelik |
380 |
-5 |
IDC |
380 |
-5 |
Cebitas |
370 |
-15 |
All the above prices are for delivery to mill by truck.