Metallurgy news

• Not all Metinvest enterprises in Ukraine are switched to shorter working hours The press service of the metallurgical plant PJSC "Zaporizhstal" of the Dutch company Metinvest denied reports about the transfer of employees to a shorter working day. "We inform you that this information is not true." - stated in the press service of the enterprise. “We would like to inform ... 19.11.2015  15:12

• General Director of PJSC "ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih" Paramzhit Kalon was elected a Member of the Board of the European Business Association General Director of PJSC "ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih" Paramzhit Kalon was elected a Member of the Management Board of the European Business Association. This decision was made at the General Meeting of the Association members on November 17, 2015 in Kiev. During the election of the Management Board,... 19.11.2015  14:56

• The management of the Khartsyzsk pipe plant did not refute the information about the sale of the enterprise According to the Donetsk news agency (DAN), the head of the production department of the Khartsyzsk pipe plant (KhTZ) of the Dutch company Metinvest of the Ukrainian businessman Rinat Akhmetov could not refute the statements of the workers of the enterprise about the possible sale of KhTZ to... 19.11.2015  14:41

• The railway restored after the terrorist attack was solemnly launched in Mariupol. bridge On November 19, Thursday, a railway bridge across the Kalchik River between Sartana and Mariupol stations, which was blown up as a result of a terrorist attack in December last year, was solemnly put into operation in Mariupol. Passenger and freight traffic was launched by Ukrzaliznytsia along two... 19.11.2015  14:21

• Russian ships armed with Kalibr cruise missiles arrived in Sevastopol The newest small missile ships (MRK) of the Black Sea Fleet "Serpukhov" and "Zeleny Dol", which will soon become part of the missile boat formation, have arrived at their permanent deployment site in Sevastopol. MRK Zeleny Dol and Serpukhov are the fourth and fifth ships of the modernized... 18.11.2015  11:43

• Tata Steel to install 80,000 solar panels on the roof of the Ijmuiden steel plant Indian steel company Tata Steel will cover the roof of its plant in the Netherlands with solar panels. 80,000 panels will generate 22 million kilowatt-hours in the town of Ijmuiden. This amount of electricity would be enough to supply 6,000 households, but for metallurgical production this is less... 18.11.2015  11:36

• Metinvest cuts wages for office workers in Ukraine by 20 percent The Dutch mining and metallurgical company Metinvest of the Ukrainian billionaire Rinat Akhmetov has decided to reduce the working hours and salaries of administrative personnel at its Ukrainian enterprises by 20 percent due to the difficult financial situation and uncertainty in the steel... 17.11.2015  20:27

• Iron ore lost 4.5 percent in a day Ore with 62 percent iron in Qingdao port fell 4.5 percent on the day to $ 45.58 per dry tonne. This is the lowest price since May 2009. Iron ore broke the psychological level of $ 50 per tonne at the end of October, when the largest metallurgical companies confirmed their plans to expand... 17.11.2015  15:03

• Finnish Valmet has confirmed the quality of the Ukrainian stainless pipes of the CENTRAVIS company CENTRAVIS, a leading global supplier of high-quality solutions in the seamless stainless steel pipe segment, has announced its inclusion in the list of approved suppliers of Valmet, one of the largest industrial corporations in Finland. This will allow CENTRAVIS to participate in tenders for the... 16.11.2015  17:07

• Russia is ready to restructure Ukraine's debt Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Ukraine may not return three billion US dollars this year, subject to its restructuring. According to him, Russia is ready to restructure the state debt of Ukraine with payment of one billion each in 2016, 2017 and 2018. "We offered better terms for... 16.11.2015  16:38