Metallurgy news

• The interests of Euras will be lobbyed by Russian Prime Minister Medvedev The Prime Minister of the Russian Federation visited the Kemerovo region today, and visited the Evraz United West Siberian Metallurgical Plant. There he met with the employees of the plant at which he promised to provide moral and organizational support to the enterprise in matters of sales of... 01.04.2013  14:16

• Gas suppliers are not interested in the modernization of Ukrainian metallurgy Gas monopolists push the authorities of Ukraine to introduce restrictions on coal imports. This was stated by the expert of the energy market of Gleb Prostakov on the "First Business Channel" is reported by the Ministry of Industry. Large gas suppliers need an increase in the consumption of blue... 01.04.2013  13:57

• Russian officials do not allow the Ukrainian power plant in Kremenchug to work The steel factory in Kremenchug will stand without work for another month. According to the enterprise, the Russian Federal Budgetary Institution "Certification Register on the Federal Railway Transport" is drawn with the issuance of a certificate for the products of Ukrainian metallurgists.... 01.04.2013  09:23

• The official sold to the Smartyovo to the Americans is arrested Former state official Mr. Nemania Kolesar was questioned and detained as part of an investigation of the case of violations of Sartid, now known as Zhelezarovaro Smeridovo. Mr. Kolesar at one time held the post of head of the working group responsible for the privatization of Satride, today is... 01.04.2013  08:41

• Japan plans to extract a billion dollars from discarded household appliances The Japanese authorities launched a unique national system for collecting and processing the former use of household appliances: mobile phones, cameras, microwaves, televisions, etc. From which it is planned to extract precious and rare earth metals for one billion dollars. It is reported by... 01.04.2013  08:28

• European countries exported 19.2 million tons of scrap metal last year According to the European Eurostat statistics department, last year 27 EU members set a new record for the export of scrap metal outside the European Union. In 2012, Europe sold 19 million 200 thousand tons of scrap metal totaling 6 billion 800 million euros, which is 2.2% more than in 2011. The... 31.03.2013  18:58

• The world's largest mining company BHP refuses African deposits in Gabon The leading world mining company BHP Billiton froze all its projects in Central Africa - Gabon, without justifying the hopes of the local government for significant investments in the development of manganese and iron ores in the country. Reuters unsuccessfully tried to get comments from a BHP... 31.03.2013  18:22

• Eurofer continues to rebel against reducing greenhouse gas emissions The European Association of Manufacturers became Eurofer criticized the plans for the European Commission to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 40%, considering this figure absolutely unrealistic and unattainable in the near future. This is stated in the statement by Eurofer. "Due to the lack of... 31.03.2013  16:43

• Import steel to Turkey in January grew by almost 20% The Association of manufacturers of metallurgical products in Turkey DCUD reported the growth of steel imports into the country in January 2013 to 1 million 200 thousand tons, which is 19.1% more than in January 2012. The cost of steel imports increased by 6.9% and reached $ 985 million.... 30.03.2013  17:46

• The National Commission of China on Reforms reported on the growth of production steel in the country by 11% The NDRC National Commission of China reported that in January - February 2013, the production of raw steel in China amounted to 125 million 450 thousand tons, which is 10.6% more than in January - February last year. At the same time, the production of finished metal rolling, coke and... 30.03.2013  17:31