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Turkey drops new rules on radioactive scrap
Turkey drops new rules on radioactive scrap
London, Aug 11 (Metal Bulletin) -- The Turkish government has
backed down over controversial new legislation that was
threatening to disrupt the international ferrous scrap market.
The move follows a recent meeting between ministers from the
departments of foreign trade and environment and representatives
from Turkey's Iron & Steel Assn.
The new law became effective in June and as such, had insisted
that all scrap entering the country be must have a certificate issued
by the authorities of the country of origin stating that the material
falls below the internationally permitted levels of radioactivity.
Turkey imports more scrap than any other country - around 7m
tonnes annually, and deliveries were in danger of being
bottlenecked, throwing export markets into chaos. The legislation
will now be dropped.
Association general secretary Veysel Yayan told Hotline: "We had
a fruitful meeting and we came to an understanding. We agreed
that the best way is to revert to using international surveyors and to
supplement that with internal measures."
He said that new measures such would include the establishment
of radioactive checking systems. At present, there is virtually no
mechanism set up within the country to conduct such a policy but
the government has accepted the association's proposals.
"We will set up a gate checking system at the ports whereby
loaded trucks will drive through for checking," said Yayan.
He added that steel producers, most of which have their own port
facilities, would pay for the new systems but that government
inspectors would run them. The plan is for the new systems to up
and running by next year.
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(MB) - Switzerland suffers fall in scrap market
London, Aug 11 (Metal Bulletin) -- The ferrous scrap market in
Switzerland has again succumbed to the depression in
international markets after processors conceded further price
reductions for deliveries of material in August.
Merchants have taken Sfr6 ($3-4) per tonne off the asking price for
HMS1 and shredded material both for local orders and those for
export in response to cheaper competition from Black Sea
suppliers.
Steel scrap prices have tumbled by an average of Sfr15 ($9) per
tonne since January, according to Swiss suppliers, as the export
market became caught up in the downward trend outside the
country.
"We sell most of our material to countries such as France,
Germany and Italy so it was kind of inevitable that as outside
markets headed downwards it would not take long for our home
markets to follow," said one exporter.
Domestic business is being done for around Sfr80-90 ($47-53) per
tonne delivered works for HMS1 and Sfr120-130 ($70-76) per tonne
for deliveries of shredded material. Exporters charge around Sfr5-10
($3-6) per tonne more for material going abroad.
According to the Swiss Union of Steel and Metal Recyclers,
315,000 tonnes of ferrous scrap left the country for export in 1999
compared with 350,000 tonnes in 1998. However, domestic
consumption climbed from 960,000 tonnes in 1998 to just over one
million tonnes in 1999.
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