Metallurgy news

• Honda made aluminum with steel Honda Motor Co Ltd announced on Tuesday that the company's engineers developed a technology that allows the use of aluminum inserts on the outside of the car doors, which until this moment were entirely made from a steel sheet. The new technology, according to representatives of the company,... 19.02.2013  11:25

• Posco will build a piping factory in Japan The South Korean steel giant - Posco plans to create a joint venture with the involvement of two Japanese enterprises in the Prefecture of the MIE for the construction of a plant for the production of high -quality steel pipes. This was reported by the Japanese television company NHK. PoSCO... 19.02.2013  11:03

• In Turkey, a six -fold increase in the import of slabs was recorded In 2012, Türkiye imported 950 thousand 490 tons of slabs, which is six times higher than 2011. This is evidenced by the data of the Turkish Institute of Statistics. The supply of steel slabs to Turkey significantly exceeded the historical maximum of 2005. Only in December 2012, the imports of ... 19.02.2013  10:45

• Nature forced Vale to declare force majeure for the supply of coking coals from mosambic On February 15, 2013, Vale declared force majeure according to its contracts for the supply of coking coal from mosambic. According to preliminary data, losses from heavy rains made a railway message in the country impossible, will be about 250 thousand tons of metallurgical coke. “We are in c... 19.02.2013  09:58

• Industrial production in Ukraine fell by another 11% in January 2013 In January 2013, industrial production in Ukraine decreased by another 11.1% compared to the last month and 3.2% in relation to January 2012. This was reported by the State Statistics Service of Ukraine. As you know, the negative values ​​of the growth of industrial production in Ukraine have b... 19.02.2013  09:33

• Chinese steel market is growing rapidly after the holidays The internal prices for steel of various brands jumped 1-2% on the first full working day after the meeting of the lunar New Year in China. After a ten -day break, the prices for reinforcement rose immediately by $ 15 - 20, for sheet steel by 10 -15 dollars/ton and a long rental of $... 19.02.2013  09:06

• Mariupol Metallurgical Plant named after Ilyich launched a new dust reduction system As part of the implementation of the Mariupol Processing and Environmental Program of the Mariupol, which was developed and approved by the Mariupol City Council, the Ilyich MMK, which is part of the group, put into operation the system of dusting with nitrogen emissions of the casting courtyards... 19.02.2013  08:34

• The European Union opened an anti -dumping investigation against the import of Chinese steel pipes The officials of the European Union threatened to conduct new import duties on the import of a steel pipe from China to limit competition with the products of local manufacturers. European Commissioners will check Chinese manufacturers for the supply of steel pipes with a diameter of more than 16... 18.02.2013  16:10

• ANYSHAN Chinese metallurgical group increased steel production by 16.5% in January The ANSTEEL metallurgical group announced that January 2013 at its plant in the province of liaopnin was melted 1 million 290 thousand tons of steel, which is 16.5% more than in January last year. The production of metal rolling increased by 20.3% to 1 million 210 thousand tons, and cast iron... 18.02.2013  15:49

• Arselormittal Kryvy Rog reduced steel production in January due to scrap metal deficiency The gasoloma deficit led to a decrease in the production of steel and metal rolling in January 2013 at Arselormittal Krivoy Rog PJSC (former Kryvyuzchstal) to 536 thousand 500 tons, which is 3.4% less than in January last year. This was told by the head of the Arselormital administration Kryvyi... 18.02.2013  12:48