Metallurgy news

• Ukrainian metallurgists note an acute deficiency of scrap metal Earlier, the largest exporter of metal scrap - Ukraine began to buy it in Russia and Kazakhstan. According to the Ministry of Revenues and fees, from January to August the import of scrap metal to Ukraine grew by a third. At the same time, scrap exports from Ukraine are growing, for example, to... 30.09.2013  09:14

• This year, the Ukrainian factory of Lakshmi Mittal sold to the CIS countries one and a half times more than in the past Arselormittal Krivoy Rog, owned by the largest metallurgical company in the ArcelorMittal world, announced the growth of sales to the territory of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) for the first eight months of 2013 by one and a half times. At the same time, shipments to the domestic... 30.09.2013  09:03

• French Gerdau will supply 32 thousand tons of reinforcement for the construction of a new bridge in New York For the construction of a new bridge in the north of New York, instead of the outdated Tappan Z Bridge, the French company Gerdau will supply 32 thousand tons of steel reinforcement. The French made their first delivery in August and will ship the reinforcement over the next few years. "Tapan... 30.09.2013  08:51

• On Monday, stopped metallurgical plants of Riva Acciaio will resume their activities The Italian steel company Riva Acciaio will resume production at several plants stopped at the beginning of this month on Monday September 30. This was stated by the Minister of Economic Development of Italy Flavio Zhanonato on Friday. "Riva Acciaio will open its plants on Monday," he said.... 29.09.2013  18:23

• Norilsk Nickel offers to deal with the surplus of metal by reducing production One of the world's largest metal manufacturers of Norilsk Nickel GMC called the world's manufacturers of Nickel to begin to reduce the number of unprofitable operations in order to reduce the excess of this metal that leads to the drop in the market prices and, accordingly, to the losses of all... 27.09.2013  15:41

• CFSEI will hold a conference on the design of cold -bent steel structures Steel Engineers Institute (CFSEI), which specializes in cold -deformed steels, will hold a webinar on “Design and Evaluation of accuracy efficiency” in October 2013. A video conference broadcast via the Internet will consider issues of interest to manufacturers, suppliers, builders and structural en... 27.09.2013  10:40

• There are no optimism in developing markets - Meps As stated in today's message, MPS, Brazilian manufacturers of the metal distribution raised prices this month by 4-5 percent, encountered a misunderstanding and failure of new prices from regular customers. In protest, many distributors returned to the import of steel and rental. Buyers in... 27.09.2013  10:34

• Latin America increased exports in the United States According to the US statistics bureau, export became from Latin America to the United States increased by 40.2 percent in August compared to the same month of last year. The region exported 773,451 tons of steel in August compared to 551,564 tons in the same month of 2012, while export costs by... 27.09.2013  09:48

• Salzgitter steel company took up the restructuring of personnel and production The German steel company Salzgitter AG, suffering in 2013, plans to cut the number of members of its executive council. These measures are aimed at restoring the competitiveness of the company after a serious decline in demand for metal products in the European market, which provoked a collapse of... 26.09.2013  19:20

• Copper is growing on the eve of reports of strengthening economic growth in the United States Copper for the second day goes up in the New York Exchange in anticipation of a report on higher economic growth in the United States than previously expected. The United States is the second largest consumer in the world of this metal. The fact is that the US economy grew by 2.6 percent in the... 26.09.2013  16:53