Metallurgy news

• Evraz leaves Europe Today it became known that the Russian group Evraz agreed on the transfer of a steel plant in the Czech Republic of Vítkovice Steel to the Russian Vnesheconombank. The bank will finance the production activities of the enterprise until the arrival of the new investor. This was reported by the ... 10.12.2013  11:08

• Steel consumption in China in 2013 and 2014 In China, the consumption of raw steel in 2013 is estimated at 693 million tons, which determines the growth of 3.2 percent in annual calculus and is expected to reach 715 million tons in 2014. The head of the Institute of the Chinese Metallurgical Industry said that, given the current... 10.12.2013  10:17

• Korean manufacturers have become hopes for automakers While the steel industry of Korea continues to fight a long decline, auto-components are beneficial from the prosperous automobile market. According to the results of its activities for the third quarter, from the point of view of the total sales, Posco takes a leading position in the ranking,... 10.12.2013  09:37

• Ukraine continues to reduce the production of metallurgical coke According to the production association "Ukrkox", in January-November 2013, Ukrainian cokesochemical enterprises manufactured 16 million 144 thousand tons of metallurgical coke of 6 percent humidity, which is 7.3 percent less than in APPG-2012. At the same time, in November of this year, the... 09.12.2013  20:41

• Ukraine for 11 months of 2013 reduced the production of steel pipes by 22 percent In January - November 2013, Ukrainian pipe companies reduced the production of steel pipes from ferrous metals compared with the 2012 APPG by 21.6 percent to 1 million 501 thousand 200 tons. This was reported by "Interfax - Ukraine" with reference to the representative of the Cabinet of... 09.12.2013  20:31

• SMS Siemag seeks to invest in the Iranian steel industry After the recently reached agreement between Iran and the world powers, European companies expressed their readiness to invest in Iran the construction of new facilities. Following oil and gas companies, they want to return to Iran and companies operating in other areas of industry. SMS Siemag... 09.12.2013  09:37

• China enters Iran’s metallurgical sector with about $ 2 billion The largest investment Chinese metallurgical group of the MSU will provide $ 2 billion for financing the Iranian steel industry. Seven metallurgical plants of Iran will participate in the investment program of China. This was announced on Friday by the head of the Ministry of Industrial Industry... 09.12.2013  09:27

• JSW Steel increased the production of steel in November by 28 percent The production of steel in November 2013 on JSW Steel reached 1 million 72 thousand tons, which is 28 percent higher than in the APPG-2012. Including the production of flat metal rolling, 13 percent to 831 thousand tons increased, and a long rental - it decreased by 14 percent to 144 thousand... 09.12.2013  09:14

• Demand for steel in ASEAN countries grew by 17 percent in the first half of 2013 According to the report, published by the Institute of Chugun and became Southeast Asia, in the first half of 2013, the demand for steel in the countries of the Association of Southeast Asia (ASEAN) increased by 17 percent compared to APPG-2012. Including in Indonesia, the demand for metal... 08.12.2013  15:53

• China in November set a new iron ore import record The largest consumer in the world of iron ore raw materials, China set in November 2013 a new record level of iron ore imports at the level of 77 million 840 thousand tons, which is 12.9 percent higher than in the previous month and 15.5 percent higher than in APPG-2012. For 11 months since the... 08.12.2013  14:20