Metallurgy news

• MMK named the best Russian producer of flat products The Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works (MMK) won first place among the producers of sheet metal in Russia. The industry magazine "Metal Supply and Sales" published the traditional rating of the best manufacturers and suppliers of metallurgical industry products for the first half of 2015. The second... 13.07.2015  14:34

• Reconstruction of the copper concentrator AGMK in Uzbekistan is nearing completion The Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Combine of Uzbekistan (AGMK) has begun installing technological equipment, three ball mills, as part of a project for the reconstruction of a copper concentrator. The project cost is 117 680 thousand US dollars. Earlier it was reported that AGMK plans to... 13.07.2015  12:20

• May shipments of steel in the United States fell 14.6 percent Experts from the American Iron and Steel Institute have summed up the results of shipments of American steel - a decline, according to statistics, is close to 15%. Steel shipments in the US segment of production fell by 14.6% in May versus the last year's reporting month. The total volume of the... 13.07.2015  10:16

• Non-ferrous metals keep traders on their toes Non-ferrous metals are trading negatively on the London Stock Exchange, and the Greek debt crisis has become a bone of contention for global markets. Investors around the world have been hooked on the Athens drama that could ultimately mean Greece's exit from the euro area. Unfortunately Greece... 12.07.2015  16:00

• Oil market in June and trends in 2015 The independent agency EIA predicts that Brent crude oil prices will average $ 60 a barrel in 2015 and $ 67 a barrel in 2016. The EIA is part of the US federal statistics system. The forecast states that OPEC oil production will continue to rise, contributing to a prolonged global market glut. Oil... 11.07.2015  14:15

• Odessa port increased cargo turnover in the first half of 2015 In the period from January to June of this year, the Odessa port handled 12, 374 million tons of cargo, which is 3.5 percent higher compared to 11, 950 million tons in the first half of 2014. Metal transshipment for the port is one of the main areas of work, it is carried out at 18 berths of the... 11.07.2015  13:00

• Severstal modernizes cold rolling mill at CherMK PAO Severstal, an integrated mining and steel company, continues to re-equip its cold-rolled products at the Cherepovets Steel Works (CherMK). To this end, Severstal entered into a contract with the German company Maschinenfabrik Herkules GmbH for the supply of a work roll surface texturing machine... 10.07.2015  16:46

• Chinese metallurgists lost $ 2.7 billion in January-May - CISA A senior official from the China Iron and Steel Association (CISA) said that major Chinese steelmaker losses in core businesses more than doubled in the first five months from a year earlier, as falling steel prices displaced producers “in red zone ". Among the CISA participants representing 101 ... 10.07.2015  13:44

• India displaces US from third position in steel production India overtook the United States to become the world's third largest steel producer. Mining and Steel Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said: “Last year, India was recognized as only the fourth largest steel producer in the world after China, Japan and the United States. However, during the first five m... 10.07.2015  12:24

• ThyssenKrupp continues to partner with Ansteel for galvanized products ThyssenKrupp and Ansteel decided to build a new hot-dip galvanizing line in China. Ansteel and ThyssenKrupp have formed a joint venture to build a new production line to develop high-end automotive steels. The joint venture will manufacture galvanized products in Chongqing. The two companies have... 09.07.2015  14:27