Metallurgy news

• The European Commission demanded from the steel industry in Europe innovation and the development of alternative energy The European Commission is ready to support innovative developments and proposes to allocate funds for promoting specific R&D projects carried out in the EU metallurgical industry. This is stated in the plan of the European steel industry published yesterday. In addition, the safety requirements... 12.06.2013  11:59

• Metallurgy reached the limit of the possibility of technology to reduce greenhouse gas emissions For the implementation of the program to combat climate change, Europe should find other sources to reduce CO2 emissions, since the metallurgy reached the limits of its technological capabilities, said Mr. Gordon Moffat, CEO of Eurofer. The steel industry is able to reduce greenhouse gas... 12.06.2013  11:40

• A plan for supporting the European steel industry published yesterday was supported by most market participants The European commission on June 11, 2013 presented a set of measures and recommendations for the revival of the steel industry of Europe. "A plan for intensifying the competitiveness and sustainability of steel industry in Europe" (Action Plan for a Competitive and Sustainable Steel Industry in... 12.06.2013  11:09

• Metinvest did what he had to do for a long time In the Kiev and Dnipropetrovsk service metal centers, metinvest earned new equipment for grease steel on bar and strip. The thickness of the processed steel is up to 3 mm, and the width of the resulting bar from 50 mm and above. This was announced today by the official website of Metinvest -... 11.06.2013  12:19

• Rio Tinto considers the possibility of wholesale exit from the aluminum business The new executive director of Rio Tinto Sam Walsh intends to get rid of ineffective and non -strategic assets worth more than 13 billion US dollars. However, the scale of “cleansing” can become twice as large and increase to $ 26 billion, The Australian writes today. According to Australian med... 11.06.2013  11:56

• Emissions at the ILVA metallurgical plant remained at the same level as a year ago The director of the regional department for environmental protection in Taranto, Madame Maria Sparter sent an open letter to the Ministry of Environmental Protection of Italy in which she indicated that the ILVA metallurgical plant continues to pollute water and air and there are no hints of... 11.06.2013  11:28

• Low European steel prices support a negative forecast for the EU steel industry - Moody's In their updated report on Europe, analysts by Moody's agency reported that the forecast for the European steel industry remains negative for the next 12-18 months as a result of low steel prices. In a new report entitled “European prospects of steel industry, they remain negative, since r... 11.06.2013  11:07

• The Ukrainian worker died at the Pakistani Metallurgical Plant The qualified Ukrainian worker, 36-year-old Vladimir Kalitinsky died of a sudden heart attack at the Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM) metallurgical plant. This was reported by Pakobserver.net. Arriving ambulance doctors noted the death of Vladimir. Mr. Kalitinsky was appointed master at the PSM... 11.06.2013  11:06

• Posco takes 5th place in the ranking of global manufacturers in 2012 Posco, the largest steel company of South Korea, became the fifth largest manufacturer of raw steel in the world for the period 2012, descending one step compared to a year earlier. According to data published by World Steel Association, Arcelormittal (India), it retained its leading position in... 10.06.2013  19:21

• The dollar at the end of 2013 will cost 9 hryvnias - S&P According to the forecast of the international rating agency Standard & Poor's (S&P), the Ukrainian hryvnia will depreciate 12 percent to 9 UAH per dollar by the end of 2013. The agency’s analysts talk about this in their new review of the economic situation in Ukraine. "In 2013, the volume of i... 10.06.2013  17:18