Metallurgy news

• Graz physicists study the behavior of steel aboard the ISS For many years, the Institute for Experimental Physics at the Graz University of Technology in Styria in Austria and the Styrian industrial company Böhler Edelstahl have been conducting joint research on the surface tension and temperature dependence of various types of steel. The focus is on steel ... 13.07.2020  11:21

• Unions urge government to use UK Steel in infrastructure projects Three UK steel unions, Unite, GMB and Community, have launched a joint campaign for the future of the UK steel industry. Through Britain's We Need Our Steel Campaign, unions are calling on Boris Johnson to announce an infrastructure and investment program to help the country recover from the... 13.07.2020  11:08

• Dneprospetsstal improves cargo transportation The company has begun the implementation of a strategic investment project - the construction of a weighing terminal and the installation of modern railway scales at the Zaporozhye-Levoe warehouse block. The weighing terminal will improve the transport and technological scheme of shipment,... 10.07.2020  16:44

• Tata Steel reports 37% drop in steel production in India in April-June ata Steel announced that “Total production and sales in 1Q2011 were lower as the outbreak of COVID-19 and the resulting mobility restrictions have somewhat impacted manufacturing activity and consumer sentiment across all regions. In India, our upstream capacity utilization was adjusted to around 5... 10.07.2020  14:58

• Russian steel companies could benefit from exports Russia is one of the largest steel exporters in the world, delivering goods to a wide variety of destinations. However, steel demand in all regions has declined as COVID-19 hit the world and most steel producers around the world have struggled. Unlike steel mills in other regions, Russian... 10.07.2020  14:55

• European steel sheet exhibition EuroBLECH postponed to next year EuroBLECH, one of the most important biennial exhibitions in the European steel sheet industry, will be postponed until March 9-12, 2021 after major exhibitors have left the event. Organizer Mack Brooks Exhibitions said the virtual summit will take place October 27-30 to provide exhibitors with... 09.07.2020  11:59

• Steel production in Ukraine decreased in January-June Ukraine produced about 10 million tonnes of steel in the first half of 2020, reducing production by 7.6% compared to the same period last year. During the same period, Ukraine also produced 10 million tons of pig iron and 9 million tons of steel products, down 2.6% and 4.7% year on year,... 09.07.2020  11:51

• Sanzheev Gupta renews interest in metallurgical plant in Port Talbot Steel entrepreneur Sandjiev Gupta said he intends to acquire a metallurgical plant in Port Talbot if the business is put up for sale. In an interview with Moneycontrol, steel mogul Gupta, who is the executive chairman of the Liberty Steel Group, said he would consider an acquisition if Port Talbot... 08.07.2020  13:20

• Severstal ships 100,000 tonnes of iron ore pellets to a Brazilian company Karelsky Okatysh, a division of PJSC Severstal and a leading Russian iron ore mining and processing plant, has supplied iron ore pellets to Brazil for the first time in its history. More than 100,000 tonnes are supplied to Companhia Siderurgica Nacional, the largest fully integrated steel producer... 08.07.2020  13:12

• Tata Steel highlights potential for domestic steel market in India India-based Tata Steel spoke about the potential of the domestic steel market in India. By participating in the India Post-COVID-19 Series of Webinars hosted by IIM Indore and the Free Press Journal, T.V. Narendran, CEO and Managing Director, Tata Steel noted that India is currently a producer... 08.07.2020  13:09