Metallurgy news

• Damage from Trump's tariffs for Ukraine will amount to more than $ 100 million a year In the past, Ukrainian metallurgists supplied to the United States about 1.3 million tons of pig iron and about 200 thousand tons of rolled products. The share of rolled steel amounted to 1.3% of the total export of Ukrainian metal products. It was a promising market where exports from Ukraine... 14.03.2018  10:19

• Russia and China will work on a joint project for the extraction of uranium On Monday, Rosatom announced that the Russian-Chinese Investment Fund for Regional Development will begin financing a project to extract uranium in the Trans-Baikal region in Russia. The project is located in the southeastern region of Transbaikalia and has a 998 km border with China and an 868... 14.03.2018  10:00

• EU threatens customs war not only from the US, but also with China The economic and investment environment led to an increase in the number of orders, which was followed by a rise in prices in the first quarter. In the second quarter, the situation will stabilize in price, also due to the announced amendments for some raw materials, says Marek Lolubovski,... 14.03.2018  09:50

• Ukraine wants to achieve exclusion from the list of countries that will pay 25% duty on the import of steel to the United States The Ministry of Economic Development of Ukraine is taking measures to exclude Ukrainian metal products from the punitive import duties on steel imposed by the United States. This was discussed at a regular working meeting with representatives of the metallurgical industry, took place on March 12... 13.03.2018  19:14

• Copper in London is cheaper after signals from the Chinese parliament Copper prices on the London Metal Exchange are falling in response to signals from China that demand for industrial metals may weaken. There are also concerns in the market about a possible global trade war. Chinese Commerce Minister Zhong Shan said on Sunday that any commercial war could be... 13.03.2018  10:00

• US tariffs to have limited impact on global coking coal supply US coking coal exports could fall prey to US tariffs on US steel imports, but while the US is the second largest offshore supplier of coking coal after Australia, the impact on the global market will be limited, market sources say. US coking coal will logically move towards the domestic market,... 13.03.2018  09:49

• Steel industry expects EU to react quickly to US tariffs The EU does not need a customs war, but it would be very risky not to take any action. “This gives the people of Europe a signal that we are weak and we cannot defend them. Then they will lose confidence in the EU as a whole. That is why I am calling for a strong, unified response from the c... 13.03.2018  09:28

• PJSC "ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih" will increase the salary of its employees On the eve of the holidays, the General Director of PJSC "ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih" Paramzhit Kalon announced an increase in wages to employees. Information about this was announced on March 7 at the attendance report for the heads of the divisions of the plant. At the moment, the company's... 12.03.2018  15:46

• Chinese nickel imports fell 36% in January Import of unprocessed nickel across the country during the month amounted to 26,497 tons, which is significantly lower, by almost 36%, compared to the previous month. Imports from Russia, the largest exporter of nickel products to China, almost halved. The latest monthly trade statistics... 12.03.2018  12:32

• US Allies Hope To Join Trump Tariff Exceptions List Officials from Japan and South Korea, Australia and Europe have lined up to get an exemption from President Donald Trump's tariffs on US steel and aluminum imports, while Chinese manufacturers have called on Beijing to retaliate. Tokyo and Brussels have rejected any suggestion that their exports... 12.03.2018  12:31