Metallurgy news

• China in June reduced the production of steel by 9.2% China in June reduced the production of steel by 9.2% compared to the same month of last year - to 83.18 million tons, the country's state statistical administration reports. This is the most significant fall since August 2024, while production was the lowest since the beginning of this year.... 15.07.2025  17:00

• Take a look at your Apple Watch, now turn over your smartphone and look at its cameras. With a high degree of probability, you saw Russian glass (!!!), more precisely, artificial sapph The revenue of one of the main manufacturers of artificial sapphire in the world fell again, another 27%. The company directly associate this with the bombing of the plant in Shebekino (Belgorod region) from the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Thus, only in this part, losses amounted to 3 billion rubles.... 15.07.2025  08:00

• Nigeria: Localization of the production of electric cars in exchange for lithium Chinese companies plan to place electric cars in Nigeria. The fact is that Chinese investors invested significant funds in the production and processing of lithium - the key component of batteries in electric cars. this year 2 processing enterprises are opened, in which Chinese companies owns... 14.07.2025  18:00

• Trump introduces a 50% tariff for copper imports since August US President Donald Trump announced the introduction of a 50 percent tariff for the import of copper since August 1 of this year. “Having received a reliable assessment of national security, I announce a 50 percent copper tariff that will enter into force on August 1, 2025,” Trump wrote in The Tr... 14.07.2025  15:00

• Pure export of finished steel from China grew by 13% against the background of a preserved weak domestic demand, reports Reuters (https://www.reets.com/markets/commodities/china-may-ore-imports-fall-seasonally-slow-demand-2025-06-09/). (https://www.reets.com/markets/commodities/china-may-Iron-IMPORTS-FALL-EXPEASONALLY-SLOW-DEMAND-2025-06-09/) We recall that the Chinese authorities are considering... 14.07.2025  14:00

• An important slide for investors from Severstal : Capex in 2025 and 2026 will amount to about 170 billion rubles This is important because the company's dividend depends on the FCF. In the most optimistic scenario, EBITDA for 2025 will amount to 200 billion rubles (Q1 40 billion rubles), income tax will then be 40 billion rubles (tax rate 25%), working capital will remain unchanged. We consider FCF: 200... 14.07.2025  14:00

• How do technologies help increase safety in mines? Imagine: underground tonelli, a technology weighing tens of tons and limited visibility ... All this is a regular working day of the driver of the loading and delivery machine! specialists of the Yakovlevsky GOK-professionals with an excellent concentration. But even it is not easy for them to... 14.07.2025  11:00

• Chile has a huge mining concern Codelco, very progressive and successfully introducing the most modern solutions in the field of engineering at its facilities Yesterday I flew from Peru to Santiago while flying over the largest copper mines, read about how they launched an absolutely incredible system of infrastructure adaptation on one of the largest closed mines - Chuquicamata. To extend the life of the mine for another 40 years, Codelco builds a... 14.07.2025  08:00

• September iron ore futures on the Dalian Stock Exchange reached 102.2/ton, the highest level since the beginning of May. Whereas the August contracts in Singapore are estimated at 96.15/ton. In the EU, rebar prices were stable at the beginning of the month — 632.5/ton ex-works in Northern Europe and 500/ton ex-works in Italy, which corresponds to the level of the previous week.Average prices for Brazilian pig iron on FOB terms in June decreased from 420/ton at the end of May to 410/ton ... 14.07.2025  08:00

• The best solution JSC, which bought coal enterprises from Akhmetov and Coeclerici, intends to sell them About the object of the transaction "Mine Administration & quot; Obukhovskaya & quot;" And the Donskoy Anthracite was previously part of the DTEK group Rinat Akhmetov (is a member of the association, whose activities were recognized as extremist and banned in the Russian Federation).... 14.07.2025  07:00