Metallurgy news

• Türkiye increased the import of scrap metal in 2012 by 4.4% In 2012, Türkiye imported about 22 million 400 thousand tons of scrap metal totaling 9 billion 400 thousand dollars, which is 4.4% more than in 2011. This became known from the report of the Institute of Statistics of Turkey. The main importer of metallurgical raw materials in Turkey became the ... 12.02.2013  12:17

• Ukraine began to purchase scrap metal in Turkey Having completely stopped export of its own scrap metal, Ukraine began to replenish its lack of imports from Turkey and Kazakhstan. In January 2013, the country's metallurgical enterprises purchased four times more steel scrap than a year earlier. In total, last month, 4 thousand tons of scrap... 12.02.2013  12:08

• Thyssenkrupp AG lost 38% of profit in the first financial quarter of 2013 Today it became known that the adjusted profit (EBIT) of the German steel company Thyssenkrupp in the first financial quarter of 2013 (ending in December 2012) fell by 38% and amounted to 229 million euros or $ 306 million. It is reported by Reuters. According to the company's report, the... 12.02.2013  11:01

• World copper prices are under pressure from the growth of supply The price of copper was noticeably sagging at exchange trading on Monday, February 11. Three months of growth today have been replaced by a drop in price by 2% within one trading day on the London exchange of metals. Bidding closed at 8199 dollars per ton, against $ 8,346 at the opening. A tangible... 11.02.2013  09:42

• Iraq launches a metallurgical plant in the Basra The Ministry of Industry and Natural Resources of Iraq signed a contract with a non-advertised Turkish metallurgical company to launch a metallurgical plant in the city of Khor-al-Zubair in the Basra. The investment budget on construction the missile system is more than $ 700 million, the design... 11.02.2013  09:10

• The Dzerzhinsky Metco Room reduced the production of metal rolling by 10% In January 2013, the Dnepropetrovsk Metallurgical Plant named after Dzerzhinsky (DMKD) manufactured 266 thousand tons of metal rolling, which is 10% less than in January 2012. This was reported by the Ministry of Economic Development of Ukraine. Over the past month, DMKD produced 263 thousand... 11.02.2013  08:53

• The production of new cars in Ukraine decreased by 6 times to 790 pieces In January 2013, the Ukrainian auto industry produced 790 units of passenger vehicles, compared with 4 thousand 299 cars in January 2012. This was reported by the press service "Ukravtoprom". The car giant of the former Soviet Union "Zaporizhzhya Automobile Plant" (ZAZ) was able to produce only... 11.02.2013  08:02

• In January 2013, sales of new cars in China grew one and a half times The growth in sales of new cars in China in January 2013 amounted to more than 45% compared to January 2012. This was announced by the General Secretary of the Chinese Association of passenger vehicles Mr. Rao Yes. Last month, sales of cars were set up a new record since 2010, RAO emphasized,... 11.02.2013  00:01

• International corporations are united in the struggle for the American actions of Thyssenkrupp An increasing number of largest metallurgical companies are ready to pay a round sum for the Tyssenkrupp AG plants in the USA and Brazil. At the same time, in order to avoid excessive financial burden, they are combined into conglomerates. Reuters correspondents became aware of this. The... 11.02.2013  00:01

• There are signs that depression in Europe has reached its bottom - IREPAS Competition in world markets of variety metal rolling is intensified every day. Trading restrictions adopted recently by some countries by the largest consumers of reinforcement and the construction variety have led to the redirect export flows to non -defending countries. This was written by the... 10.02.2013  08:10