Metallurgy news

• The mayor of Taranto announced that the further fate of the ILVA fleet will be decided in the city referendum Here is how environmental issues are resolved in Italy: the mayor of the Italian Port Gorda Taranto, Mr. Ezio Stefano, appointed a city referendum on April 14, 2013, at which the fate of the Ilva steel plant will be decided. About this writes the publication AGI. The initiative group of the... 19.01.2013  10:01

• The production of metal rolling in Ukraine in 2012 decreased by 5.4% The State Statistics Service of Ukraine informed that in 2012, 18 million 457 thousand tons were produced by metallurgical enterprises of the country, which is 5.4% less than 2011. In December 2012, the production of metal production amounted to 1 million 440 thousand tons, which is 3.7% less... 19.01.2013  00:01

• The Ukrainian economy becomes depressive The decline in industrial production in December 2012 against November 3.9% actually confirms that Ukraine entered the recession zone in the fourth quarter of 2012, said Alexander Valchishen, head of the analytical unit of the Investment Capital of Ukraine group (ICU). “It is obvious that soon t... 19.01.2013  00:01

• The head of the tssenkrupp AG Nabsy Council remained at his post, although he admitted that he made many mistakes The head of the supervisory board of Thyssenkrupp AG, Mr. Gerhard Kromme, recognized the mistakes of him when working with assets in the USA and Brazil. It is reported by Reuters. “If you ask me if we could, as a supervisor to act differently, then to be honest: yes, we too trusted the l... 19.01.2013  00:01

• MMK named after Ilyich will spend about 120 million hryvnias on the ecology of Mariupol In 2013, the Ilyich Mariupol Metallurgical Plant plans to invest 118 million 700 thousand hryvnias in environmental programs. This was reported by the corporate publication of the plant "Ilyichevets". The amount of funds sent this year to the environmental measures of Mariupol became the record... 19.01.2013  00:01

• Demand for steel in India will grow by 6.7% in 2013 The leading Indian analytical agency Care Research published a report according to which internal demand for steel in India will grow by 6.7% annually until 2017. This indicator is much higher than in China. The internal demand for steel in India has been increasing by 8% annually since 2004,... 18.01.2013  11:01

• The decline in industrial production in Ukraine in 2012 reached 1.8% According to the results of the 2012 calendar, the decline in industrial production in Ukraine amounted to 1.8% compared to 2011, the State Statistics Service of Ukraine reports. In December last year, the drop in industrial production reached 7.6% compared to December 2011 and 3.9% compared to... 18.01.2013  09:50

• Evraz published production results for 2012 The volume of steel and metal production in 2012 on Evraza decreased by 5 and 4%, respectively, in relation to the results of the previous year. The release of cast iron also fell by 2.1 %. In the last quarter of 2012, it became 5.9 % less than in the third quarter, and the production of cast iron... 18.01.2013  08:10

• Prices for metal rolling and diesel generators in Europe are rising European manufacturers of reinforcement and katanki announced an increase in export prices. The main reason they called the growth of production costs, including the purchase of scrap metal. About this writes Metal Bulletin (London). As it became known, the Spanish, Italian and Portuguese... 18.01.2013  00:01

• Daily production of steel in China increased by 3.8% According to the Chinese Association of ferrous metallurgy, the daily production volume became its members at the beginning of January amounted to 1 million 674 thousand 900 tons, which is 3.8% more than in the last week of December 2012. It is reported by the China Daily publication. Meanwhile,... 18.01.2013  00:01