Metallurgy news

• Russian bank issues bonds in yuan Sberbank of Russia will issue corporate bonds in yuan. Earlier, the bank announced further placements of Eurobonds. These steps will circumvent the sanctions. Landesbank Baden-Württemberg is ready to help Sberbank in placing Eurobonds. In February 2014, Sberbank issued subordinated Eurobonds ... 06.05.2016  13:19

• Ukrainian Ambassador to Nigeria pledges $ 1 billion investment to local authorities Ukrainian Ambassador to Nigeria Valeriy Alexandruk announced Ukraine's readiness to invest one billion US dollars in the completion of the Ajaokuta metallurgical plant. This was reported by the Nigerian media with reference to the Bureau of State Enterprises. Built at the end of the last... 06.05.2016  13:09

• EU and US support Southern Gas Corridor project The EU-US Energy Council continues to provide strong support for the opening of the Southern Gas Corridor, including the construction of the Trans-Adriatic Gas Pipeline (TAP). A statement following the US-EU Energy Council in Washington on Wednesday highlighted the importance of the... 05.05.2016  13:15

• China opposes EU steel import licenses Trade protectionism will not help solve the problem of overproduction, but only hinder trade, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce said in response to the European Union's four-year import licensing system for steel. The ministry notes that China has always opposed trade protectionism and maintained... 05.05.2016  12:54

• German taxpayers have to finance TV broadcasting in Ukraine Forbes magazine claims that the Ukrainian television channel Gromadske TV is supported by Western governments and companies. Gromadske TV, according to Forbes, is "a symbol of the information war between Moscow and the Western world." The program specializes in propaganda against Russia. It is not... 05.05.2016  11:03

• Belarus negotiates to export electricity to Poland Belarus continues to negotiate on the export of electricity to Poland, as First Deputy Energy Minister Leonid Shenets told reporters before the start of the Belarus Industrial Forum. Leonid Shenets said: “As for the supply of electricity, these are contractual obligations, the work of business e... 04.05.2016  13:27

• New NATO head: Russia is the biggest threat to the United States NATO's new commander, US General Curtis Scaparotti, said he sees Russia as the biggest threat to the US. He said he sees the flights of Russian fighters in April near a US warship in the Baltic Sea as a clear signal from Moscow. In addition, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg recently said... 04.05.2016  12:47

• Stainless steel exports from Japan rose sharply in March Japanese exports of stainless steel products during the month of March 2016 totaled 89,351 tonnes, up 18.1 percent from the previous month when the country's stainless steel exports totaled 75,645 tonnes. The main export destination for Japanese stainless steel was China. Exports to China... 04.05.2016  12:21

• Nord Stream 2 must be fully compliant with EU legislation A project as important as Nord Stream 2 cannot take place in a legal vacuum, the European Commission emphasized on Monday. In turn, the head of the largest center-right faction in the European Parliament, Manfred Weber, believes that Nord Stream 2 should not receive EU support. “If Nord Stream 2 ... 03.05.2016  10:15

• EU introduces import licenses for carbon and stainless steel Over the next four years, licenses will be required to import steel into the European Union. This is one of the mechanisms used to support the steel industry. The slogan of the European Commission - “Steel: preserving jobs and growth in Europe”, requires the introduction of an import license, whi... 03.05.2016  09:44