Metallurgy news

• Tata Steel sets new record for steel production India's Tata Steel announced that its steel production in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2020-21 (January to March 2021) was 4.75 million tonnes, a new record that also increased 3% over the previous quarter. Tata Steel also noted that in the last quarter of fiscal year 2020-21, total steel... 12.04.2021  11:49

• Rusal made record aluminum shipments to the USA in March Rusal, the world's second largest aluminum producer, reportedly said its US division has shipped more than 25,000 tonnes of aluminum for shipments to North America. Similar performance is forecast for the remainder of the year in the coming months and will hit an annual record for the... 12.04.2021  11:44

• Ferrexpo Q1 2021 production report Total iron ore pellet production was 2.7 million tonnes (“Mt”), which is in line with the year-on-year compared with the production of pellets in Q1 2020 and 12% below Q4 2020, reflecting ongoing modernization work. pellets. The modernization of one pellet line was completed in the 1st quarter of... 12.04.2021  11:35

• Dneprospetsstal: a metal born for flight April 12 marks 60 years since the first manned flight into space. In honor of this event, the World Day of Aviation and Astronautics is celebrated today. Dneprospetsstal is directly related to the conquest of outer space. OUR METAL IN SPACE The steel smelted by the Zaporozhye metallurgists... 12.04.2021  11:24

• Volvo and SSAB intend to produce stainless steel vehicles Truck maker Volvo AB said Thursday that it has signed a cooperation agreement with Swedish steel company SSAB AB to research, develop, mass produce and commercialize stainless steel vehicles. Volvo said it plans to start production of concept cars and components from SSAB-produced steel using... 09.04.2021  11:26

• Interpipe expands deliveries of railway products to the North American region The Ukrainian industrial company INTERPIPE has long been considered the leader of the European market for railway products. But North America is another, no less strategic direction for our sales. Recently, we have signed a number of important contracts for the supply of wheels to our North... 09.04.2021  11:22

• US Hot Rolled Steel Prices Rise Due to Deficit Hot rolled metal (HRC) prices continued to rise in the US due to a lack of supply. On average, the HRC price in the US Midwest rose by $ 16 per tonne, with lead times extended by a week. HRC prices in the South of the United States rose by about $ 15.8 per tonne over the week. Several... 09.04.2021  11:17

• Why is Elektrostal idle The steelmaking enterprise of the Donetsk region Elektrostal has been idle since the beginning of this year, having stopped the production of continuously cast billets, while in the same period last year it smelted 29 thousand tons of products. In March, the plant was also idle in December, as... 08.04.2021  11:19

• EVRAZ ZSMK expanded its product portfolio EVRAZ ZSMK has launched a new type of product - a round billet with a diameter of 140 mm. At the end of March, the plant produced an industrial batch and sent 140 tons of rolled metal to the Novokuznetsk aluminum plant (NkAZ) of RUSAL. Standard round billets with a diameter of 80 and 100 mm are... 08.04.2021  11:12

• The USA records a significant increase in the production of untreated steel Weekly U.S. crude steel production posted a notable 15.7% rise in the week ending April 3, 2021, up from the same week in 2020. This is in line with the latest weekly domestic production statistics released by the American Iron and Steel Institute. (AISI). Weekly US crude steel production was... 08.04.2021  10:57