Metallurgy news

• Metalloinvest begins installation of oxygen station equipment at OEMK Metalloivnest at the Oskol electrometallurgical plant, which is part of his company, is installing an oxygen station with a cryogenic air separation unit with a capacity of up to 20,000 m3 /h of oxygen. A set of technological equipment and metal profiles for installation have now been... 26.05.2014  12:52

• Tenaris Extends Joint Venture Agreement to 2030 Tenaris SA, a leading global supplier of steel pipes and related services to global energy and several other industrial applications, announced the successful renegotiation of the terms of its joint venture agreement with JFE Steel Corporation to manage and operate NKKTUBES. NKKTUBES is a... 25.05.2014  12:37

• Tenova plans to build DR plants in the US and the Middle East Tenova HYL is in talks with steelmakers in the United States and the Middle East to build factories that produce raw materials using large quantities of natural gas to produce high quality steel. The company specializes in the construction of DR plants from iron ore using natural gas to make... 25.05.2014  12:02

• The future of EU steel depends on the coming of the next European Commission European metallurgy continues to face serious challenges despite recent moves in Brussels to curb the region's industrial decline and moderate its climate protection targets, but this is enough to secure and strengthen the sector's future. Despite the improvement in the economic situation, the... 25.05.2014  11:35

• Japanese steel production drops after tax hike Steel production in Japan fell 2.5 percent in April from a year earlier, as demand slowed after the introduction of a sales tax earlier in the month. Japan's Department of Commerce is forecasting a 3.8 percent decline in the April-June quarter as a whole. At the same time, steel production in... 24.05.2014  13:26

• ArcelorMittal receives three awards at Platts Global Metals The annual awards, which define excellence and achievement in the global steel industry, were presented in London. ArcelorMittal won the Deal of the Year nomination for the acquisition of ThyssenKrupp Steel USA through a joint venture with Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation. The deal, which... 24.05.2014  12:27

• Selling Severstal plants in the USA is only an option, not a solution CEO Alexei Mordashov said in an interview that Severstal is accepting bids for the acquisition of two North American metallurgical plants, but this does not mean that it will sell them. Mordashov said the Russian steelmaker is a small player in North America. Severstal has two factories in the... 24.05.2014  11:57

• Severstal launches gas engine power plant in Vorkuta OJSC Severstal, one of the world's leading steel and mining companies, announces the launch of an 18 MW methane-powered gas piston power plant at the industrial site of the Severnaya mine, a structural unit of OJSC Vorkutaugol. Vorkutaugol, one of the largest coal mining companies in Russia,... 23.05.2014  11:00

• Iran replaces India as largest DRI producer in April 2014 Worldsteel announced that DRI (Direct Reduced Iron) production in 14 countries, which produced 87 percent of the world's total last year, fell by almost 6 percent YoY in April 2014 to 4.839 million tonnes. However, sponge iron production for the period from January to April 2014 was 19.095... 23.05.2014  10:33

• APEA confirms packaging recycling trends in Europe APEAL, the Packaging Association of European Steel Producers, shows that 2.7 million tonnes of steel containers were recycled in 2013, which corresponds to an average rate of 74% in Europe. This confirms the long-term trends in packaging recycling in Europe. The recycling rate of steel... 23.05.2014  09:22