Metallurgy news

• Results of Ukraine on the production and consumption of rolled metal products for 10 months During January-October 2017, Ukraine produced 15.15 million tons of rolled metal, which is 15% lower than the corresponding last year's results. According to ETR-SPECTR LLC, during this period, exports reached 11.86 million tons, which is 78.3% of the total. Then, as for 10 months of 2016, exports... 14.11.2017  09:57

• One of the largest miners in the world is about to leave coal Just five years ago, it would have been almost unthinkable that one of the largest mining companies in the world had not mined coal. Now it will become a reality. The Rio Tinto Group, the world's second-largest miner mining sector, has been steadily pulling back from coal mining to focus on... 13.11.2017  10:58

• Metals prices rise on the London Stock Exchange Copper on the London Metal Exchange rallies at the start of the new week. Metal on the LME in 3-month deliveries costs $ 6,810.00 per tonne, up 0.4%, according to brokers. However, the situation is much better for nickel, which increased by 1.7% to USD 12,315 per tonne. However, the copper price... 13.11.2017  10:48

• ArcelorMittal: steel losses in the third quarter The third quarter of the year proved to be weaker for ArcelorMittal, especially in the steel segment. After three quarters of the year, the company still has a much better performance than last year. For three quarters, EBITDA amounted to $ 6.267 billion, which is 36.4% more than a year earlier.... 13.11.2017  10:38

• Hebei in China to reduce steel capacity by 20 million tons in 2018-2020 China's largest steel province, Hebei, plans to cut about 20 million tonnes of its steel production capacity between 2018 and 2020, the provincial government said in a statement on its Weibo Twitter account on Friday. Hebei, which accounts for nearly a quarter of China's total steel production,... 11.11.2017  10:38

• Economic activity and steel demand expected to pick up in Latin America in 2018 After 4 years of stagnation and crisis, the region has changed, thanks in part to Argentina and Brazil, better world trade conditions, a recovery in commodities and global growth. According to the latest forecast from the International Monetary Fund, the region will grow by 1.2% this year and... 10.11.2017  14:22

• What is the reason for the reduction in steel supplies to the United States Hours before the US President traveled to China, the world's largest steelmaker announced that exports had fallen to their lowest levels in years, which was Donald Trump's target for Chinese imports to the United States. Steel exports from the country, which accounts for half of global... 10.11.2017  14:08

• Traders place bets on the future of metal The frenzy in the copper market lures traders into taking high bets when prices return. Copper rates have climbed above $ 10,000 per metric ton for December 2018 contacts over the past two weeks, according to the London Metal Exchange. In total, traders spent about $ 4.5 million on... 09.11.2017  11:06

• Coal did not regain ground under Trump A year has passed since the election of President Donald Trump and his promises to transform energy markets. In fact, what was true under President Barack Obama is still relevant today: the share of coal in the energy complex is declining, and wind and solar energy remain the fastest growing... 09.11.2017  10:56

• India raises steel production in October Steel production in October 2017 rose 5.5 percent to 8.65 million tonnes, up from 8.19 million tonnes in the same month last year, according to official data. India is the third largest steel producer in the world after China and Japan. Now the country is striving to grab second... 09.11.2017  10:35