Metallurgy news

• Ukraine plans to increase imports of coal from the United States amid a shortage Ukraine is looking to boost US coal imports as the country's winter coal reserves fell to their lowest level in three years. DTEK, Ukraine's largest private energy producer, said it intends to import 150,000 tonnes of US thermal coal after previously state-owned power plants focused on importing... 26.10.2017  13:22

• Eldorado reduces gold production at a mine in Turkey Canada's Eldorado Gold Corp (Eldorado) today announced it is cutting its plan to mine gold from the Kisladag mine, Turkey's flagship gold mine. Gold recovery is below expectations, according to a press release. Thus, the company expects production this year to be between 170,000 and 180,000... 26.10.2017  13:03

• Nord Stream 2 could cost Ukraine dearly Up to 3 percent of GDP could be lost by Ukraine in connection with the launch of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline by Russia, as US Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch said at a conference in Kiev. Nord Stream 2 will cut gas transportation through Ukraine. The US ambassador said this could lead... 25.10.2017  12:30

• Vale's coal production in Mozambique exceeds 3 million tonnes in the third quarter Mozambique's coal production at the Moatize mine in Tete province reached a record 3.2 million tonnes in the third quarter of this year, up 5.8% from the previous quarter, Brazilian mining company Vale said. In addition, Vale's iron ore production reached a record 95.1 million tonnes in the third... 25.10.2017  11:46

• AISI US Steel Production Data US steel production declined slightly last week and was 0.7% lower than the previous week, but 4.6% higher compared to the same week last year, according to data released by the American Iron and Steel Institute. US capacity utilization dropped to 74.3% last week from 74.8% the previous week,... 25.10.2017  11:13

• Ukraine has decided on the conditions for the resumption of purchases of gas from Russia Ukraine, which had not bought gas from Russia for more than two years, could have purchased it, but on condition that the fuel collection point was located in the east, and not on the western border of Ukraine, as Deputy Prime Minister Volodymyr Kistion said. If the entry point is moved to the... 24.10.2017  11:35

• Copper has risen by 50% and this is not the end of growth Copper prices on the London Metal Exchange are growing strongly - by 1.7%. The metal has earned more than 50 percent in the past 12 months, and so far Dr. Copper, as he talks about copper, is not bad. Copper on the LME for 3-month delivery is worth $ 7123.00 a tonne on Tuesday, dealers... 24.10.2017  11:25

• China cuts production of steel and coal China's economy is expected to grow by 6.5 percent of GDP in 2017, he said Lifeng, chairman of the National Development and Reform Commission, the highest authority overseeing the Chinese economy. Overcapacity is one of the major challenges facing the Chinese economy. Over the past five years,... 24.10.2017  11:17

• The construction sector bears the brunt of the recent steel price rises MEPS International Ltd. reports that between January and September 2017, the average cost of steel purchased for use in the global construction sector increased by 18.7 percent. Less significant changes were noted in the September report, but there was a double-digit increase in the price of steel... 23.10.2017  12:57

• Electric vehicles drive new nickel and copper projects Jinchuan Group, the largest nickel producer in China, will begin construction on a new project in Guangxi next year to produce raw materials for electric vehicles (EVs), its chairman said. The project, in the southern port city of Fangchenggang, where the Jinchuan plant is already smelting... 23.10.2017  12:31