Scrap dealers begin a 15-day strike over steelmaker pricing disputes
A national association told members to suspend scrap supply, citing disputed prices and weighing practices at steelmakers.
- Publish date: 2026-10-01
- Category: Mining & Minerals
- Original source: Punch Newspapers
- Reading time: 1 min
Nationwide supply stoppage
Punch reported on 1 October that the National Association of Scrap and Waste Dealers Employers of Nigeria began a 15-day warning strike. Deputy president Aminu Hassan Soja said members were directed to stop supplying scrap metal to iron-smelting companies.
Dealers’ allegations
The association alleged that some buyers reduced agreed prices after delivery and used disputed weighing procedures. It asked the federal government to intervene; these claims were presented as the dealers’ account of the dispute.