Metallurgy news

• ThyssenKrupp and Tata Steel approach merger In this half of the year, the Supervisory Board of ThyssenKruppa may decide on a possible merger of the steel assets of the concern and the European part of Tata Steel. This would create a European market leader for flat products. The new metallurgical company, formed from the merger of the... 16.04.2018  14:09

• ArcelorMittal Announces List of Companies for Sale in Case of ILVA Purchase ArcelorMittal has announced a list of factories it will dispose of in order to obtain European Commission approval for the purchase of the Ilva plant. It covers several factories throughout Europe. The EU decision is expected by May 23 this year. ArcelorMittal has stipulated that any provisions... 16.04.2018  09:22

• How will the EU pay the US for the absence of duties on steel and aluminum? Brussels continues negotiations with Washington on the introduction of additional fees for steel and aluminum in the European Union. EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstroy has just said that she is still unsure of what the United States wants in exchange for excluding the Community. US... 13.04.2018  12:42

• Russia discusses retaliatory sanctions against the United States A bill on sanctions against the United States in response to sanctions imposed by Washington was introduced to the State Duma, the lower house of the Russian parliament. The project grants the Russian government the right to take steps towards the United States of a political and economic... 13.04.2018  12:27

• ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih raises salaries by 20 percent PJSC "ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih", the largest mining and metallurgical enterprise in Ukraine, from May 1, 2018 will increase the salaries of its employees from 5% to 20%. The new wage system developed at the enterprise allows for a differentiated revision of the salaries of employees - depending on... 12.04.2018  19:24

• Sanctions destroyed the aluminum market This rapid rise in the price of aluminum was last seen in 1988. So, in four days of trading, the silver metal rose by as much as 13 percent. All this is due to the sanctions imposed on the Russian billionaire Oleg Deripaska. The market can cut inventories by as much as 10 percent. According to... 12.04.2018  12:07

• "Zaporozhkoks" modernized the biochemical wastewater treatment system "Zaporozhkoks", within the framework of the program of ecological modernization of production, carried out a major overhaul of aeration tank No. 7, intended for biochemical wastewater treatment. The company's investments amounted to more than 2.8 million hryvnia. Aeration tank No. 7 is a... 12.04.2018  10:08

• Ukraine's Trade Representative wants to start a substantive negotiation process with the US on steel Trade Representative of Ukraine - Deputy Minister of Economic Development and Trade Natalia Mikolskaya told Interfax-Ukraine that she wants to start a substantive negotiation process with the United States of America on the issue of excluding the state from the list of countries subject to duties... 11.04.2018  12:39

• Dneprospetsstal sharply increased production of finished rolled products In March 2018, PrJSC Electrometallurgical Plant Dneprospetsstal named after A.N. Kuzmin ”delivered 22,226 tons of steel, which is 5.7% higher than the level of the previous month. During the same period, the Company produced 14,889 tons of rolled metal, which is 5.9% more than in February 2... 10.04.2018  15:51

• ArcelorMittal Prefers Italian Steel Works and Sells Czech The world's largest steel group, ArcelorMittal, has announced plans to sell its Ostrava plant to the government in Prague. According to Czech newspapers, the company wants to get rid of Czech assets, because only in this way the European Commission will agree to buy the ArcelorMittal steel mills in... 10.04.2018  10:55