Metallurgy news

• Thyssenkrupp in talks with Tesla on German plant Thyssenkrupp hopes to win contracts for a planned plant that Tesla has decided to build near Berlin. Thyssenkrupp board member Klaus Keisberg said the company is in talks to introduce certain services and supplies of rolled metal products. Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced a few weeks ago that he... 13.12.2019  13:10

• Prices for billets in the CIS are above $ 400 per ton CIS billet prices rose again last week as several traders and reportedly end users ordered various batches of Russian and Ukrainian billets, virtually closing the January supplier distributions. Recent procurement deals ranged from US $ 405 /t FOB for Ukrainian metal to US $ 420 /t for a small... 13.12.2019  12:21

• US plans to restore duties for Turkish steel producers In a preliminary administrative review notice released on Wednesday, the Commerce Department of Commerce announced that Turkish steel maker Colakoglu sold HRCs in the United States at below normal prices during a period spanning October 1, 2017 to September 30, 2018. As a result, Colakoglu and... 13.12.2019  12:15

• Dneprospetsstal exceeded the plan for the shipment of commercial grade In November 2019, 17 788 tons of steel were delivered to PJSC “DNEPROSPETSSTAL” (at the level of the average monthly indicator for 10 months of 2019). During the same period, the Company produced 12,771 tons of rolled products, which is 1.2% more than the monthly average for 10 months. Dec 201... 12.12.2019  19:41

• Ukraine launches investigation into imports of Chinese seamless pipes The Interdepartmental Commission on International Trade of Ukraine announced its decision to launch an anti-dumping (AD) preliminary investigation into the import of Chinese seamless stainless steel pipes. The products involved in this investigation were HS codes 7304.41.00.90, 7304.49.93.00,... 12.12.2019  12:37

• European steelmakers face tough times in the future European steelmakers will continue to face slowing demand and worsening profitability due to wider market downturn and serious global trade conflicts, as well as the upcoming Brexit, which will erode supply chains and consumer confidence, according to Moody's forecast. 2019 saw a tough time for... 12.12.2019  12:33

• Steel production in Ukraine in 2019 will decrease by 2.8% per year According to statistics from Ukraine, total crude steel production in 2019 will be about 20.5 million tonnes, down 2.8% year on year, also the lowest since 1991. In the current year, the total production of crude steel in November reached 1.3 million tons, and in December amounted to 1.2 million... 12.12.2019  12:25

• Production and export of steel grows in Iran In the face of frequent sanctions against the oil industry in Iran, the country's leadership gradually switched to the development of the metallurgical industry. The steel industry accounts for 7.5% of Iran's labor market, and steel export earnings account for 11% of Iran's industrial export... 12.12.2019  12:19

• EU HRC Price Remains Unchanged Due to the high price of scrap metal, some European steel mills held back and left their offer for hot rolled products (HRC) unchanged. Statistics showed that factories in Italy and Northwest Europe did not change their proposal for HRC this week. At the same time, the price of Turkish HRC was... 11.12.2019  09:42

• Ylva workers' unions go on strike and protest in Rome Unions representing steel workers staged a massive protest in Rome as the Italian government continues negotiations to stop ArcelorMittal from agreeing to take over the former ILVA group. With thousands of jobs in mind, the country's three largest unions, CGIL, CISL and UIL, have proposed a 32-hour... 11.12.2019  09:29