Today, February 2, Izmir-based Turkish mills have reduced their ship scrap purchase quotations significantly 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 $398-405/mt to $385-400/mt. The flow in the Turkish ship scrap market is still sufficient, according to market players. Ship scrap prices in Turkey indicated a total of $15-25/mt decrease since the beginning of the week.
In Turkey's Izmir region, the ship scrap purchase prices of local steelmakers are as follows:
|
Producer |
Price ($/mt) |
Price change ($/mt) |
|
Ozkan Demir Celik |
385 |
-13 |
|
Habaş |
400 |
-5 |
|
Ege Çelik |
385 |
-15 |
|
IDC |
385 |
-15 |
|
Cebitas |
385 |
-15 |
All the above prices are for delivery to mill by truck.