Metallurgy news

• The Donbass Industrial Union chooses between the sale of the Polish factory or the reduction of its personnel According to the financial director of the Industrial Union of Donbass (ISD) Evgeny Potapov, the company is now considering two options for the development of events at the Polish Metallurgical Plant of the HUTA CZESTOCHOWA group. The first is a decrease in the number of workers, and the second... 15.05.2013  12:23

• Mechel securities and NLMK can fly out of the MSCI RUSSIA stock index An important MSCI Russia index for passively controlled funds will leave Mechel and NLMK today. This was reported by "Vedomosti". Currently, the MSCI Russia index includes 27 Russian companies. The most “heavy” is Gazprom with a weight of 19.75 percent, in the 2nd and 3rd places-Sberbank and Luk... 15.05.2013  10:56

• New Zealand trade union wants to force Rio Tinto to pay off wage debts The trade union organization of New Zealand EPMU is disappointed with the Rio Tinto refusal to pay the due monetary reward to its workers for work on holidays. This is stated in the message EPMU. Rio Tinto has never paid for bonuses for standard wages when employees go to work on weekends and... 15.05.2013  10:14

• The Metallurgical Company ThyssenkrupP will hold mass dismissals in Europe The largest European steel company Thyssenkrupp AG, based in Germany, announced today about the optimization of the management structure and start of the new economic policy of the concern that includes a reduction in costs of 250 million euros and a reduction in 3,000 jobs. This is stated in the... 15.05.2013  09:50

• On the Philippine Island of Palavan, the Japanese Corporation Sumitomo will build a metallurgical plant Sumitomo Metal Mining Co Ltd decided to build an experienced metallurgical plant to restore chromium from nickel ore, together with Coral Bay Nickel Corporation (CBNC), having redeemed the shares of a subsidiary of a subsidiary located on the island of Palavan in the Philippines. A modernized... 15.05.2013  09:30

• Industrial production in the European Union increased in March by one percent According to the European Statistics Bureau, in March 2013, industrial production in the European Union increased by 1 percent of the euro and 0.9 percent in the EU27 zone compared to February. This is stated in the report of the Eurostat. In an annual comparison, industrial production in Europe... 15.05.2013  09:09

• Coks’s quota quotas to Ukraine appealed in court The Koksochemical Plants of the Donbass Industrial Union appealed to the District Administrative Court of Kyiv with a request to cancel the resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine of March 13, 2013 on quotas for metallurgical coke. It is reported by UGMK.info. According to the report,... 14.05.2013  12:55

• Dneprospetsstal knocked out the disappointing results of metallurgical production for April 2013 In April 2013, PJSC Electrometallurgical Plant Dneprospetsstal named after A.N. Kuzmina ”produced 25 thousand 976 tons of steel, which is 6.1 percent less than last month. During the same period, Dnipro -Spotsstal manufactured 17 thousand 460 tons of metal rolling, which is 0.9 percent more than in ... 14.05.2013  09:27

• Rusal in the first quarter of 2013 lost almost half of the net profit The largest aluminum manufacturer in the world, the Russian company Rusal, completed the first quarter of 2013 with a profit of $ 52 million, which is 44.7 percent less than in January -last year. This was reported by the press center of Rusal. Rusal gross profit in the first quarter of 2013... 14.05.2013  09:13

• The European Union must defend himself from Chinese imports - Lakshmi Mittal The General Director of Arselormital Mr. Lakshmi Mittal believes that the European Union should urgently take protectionist measures to protect against unfair competition from China. Mittal said that the attacks of politicians on the firm economy company should be aimed at the reasons that prompted... 14.05.2013  08:54