Metallurgy news

• Posco was lucky with a major order for shipstage The South Korean steel company Posco announced that it managed to receive an order for 88 thousand tons of steel sheet of eleven marks for the production of the world's largest floating installations for the production, storage and unloading of oil and gas (FPSO) that Daewoo ShipBuilding & Marine... 25.02.2013  15:52

• Stocks of metal rolling in warehouses in China are increasing the tenth week in a row As of February 22 of this year, the inventory of the main types of metal rolling in the main markets of Steel China showed that the amount of sheet steel, hot -rolled rolls, cold -rolled rolls, reinforcement and skit reached 20 million 383 thousand 700 tons, which is almost two and a half million... 25.02.2013  15:28

• Brussels took Kyiv 610 million euros Today, as part of the Ukraine -EU summit, all the necessary documents were signed to provide Ukraine with macro financial assistance in the amount of 610 million euros. In particular, two basic documents were envied: “A memorandum of understanding between Ukraine as a borrower, and the EU, as a ... 25.02.2013  15:11

• Hurricane grow will make adjustments to world prices for iron ore raw materials Australian seaports are preparing to approach a tropical cyclone threatening to develop into a hurricane of the fourth category. The ports of the Pilbar region, which are the main terminals for the shipment of iron ore from Australia to China and around the world today were closed to prepare for... 25.02.2013  10:40

• Real steel consumption in the EU in 2012 fell by 5% The real steel consumption in the European Union has decreased by 5%over the past year, and will continue to fall by another 2%in 2013. This was reported by the European Association of manufacturers of steel Eurofer. The tendency to reduce the demand for metal rolling in Europe is mainly... 25.02.2013  09:54

• The Makeevsky Impress of the Metinvest group finished last year with a loss of one hundred million hryvnias In the 2012th year, the Makeevsky Metallurgical Plant named after V.I. Lenin, a member of the Metinvest group as a structural unit of the Enakievsky Metallurgical Plant received 101 million 244 thousand UAH losses. The total value of the assets of the Mekeevsky Mining Railway line for 2012... 25.02.2013  08:28

• Infrastructure projects in Qatar will require 800 thousand tons of metal rolling The construction of an integrated railway network worth more than $ 37 billion will require about 800 thousand tons of metal products, which will give an excellent opportunity to earn steel suppliers to the region, said Mr. Saad Al Mukhannadi General Executive Director. The project provides for... 24.02.2013  18:25

• Steel production in the European Union in January 2013 The production of steel in the European Union in January 2013 increased by 7.3% compared to December 2012 and amounted to 12 million 541 thousand tons, which is 8.8% less than in January 2012. The production of steel in Germany increased by 17.4% - to 3 million 25 thousand tons, in France - by... 24.02.2013  17:35

• The largest mining company in the world is preparing to reduce demand for minerals BHP Billiton Ltd. (BHP) is the world's largest mining company, announced the need to reduce expenses in connection with a decrease in demand for minerals over the next five years. Speaking last night at a press conference in Melbourne, recently appointed to the post of executive director of... 24.02.2013  14:23

• The American Institute of Cast iron and began to further increase the import of metal distribution in the United States The American Institute of Cast iron and steel (AISI) said that the continuing fourth year in a row, the increase in the import of metal rolling in the United States will be 2 - 3%in 2013, adding problems to local steel producers. In an interview for Reuters, AISI representatives reported that... 24.02.2013  13:21