Metallurgy news

• Sergei Kurchenko was accused of financing special operations "against residents of the LPR and DPR" At a closed meeting of the special commission of the People's Council of the self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic (LPR) to "investigate the machinations of the Ukrainian businessman Kurchenko" held on Friday, it was stated that the activities of the "oligarch" could be aimed at financing... 16.10.2015  11:27

• Tata Steel prepares to lay off 1,000 workers from its Scantrop plant Up to a thousand jobs could be lost at Tata Steel in Scantrop, UK. This was reported in the publication "The Telegraph". "Tata Steel is preparing to announce a new wave of layoffs in the UK ahead of the metallurgical summit," the publication said. Tata Steel will begin cost optimization in... 16.10.2015  09:58

• Steel production in Ukraine will decrease in 2015 by another 13 percent to 23.5 million tons Steel production at Ukrainian metallurgical plants by the end of 2015 will decrease by 13 percent compared to 2014 to 23.5 million tons. This forecast was announced by the industry association "Metallurgprom". The drop in production in the basic sector of the country's economy will occur due to... 16.10.2015  09:29

• Alexey Mordashov was re-elected to the Executive Committee of the World Steel Association Alexey Mordashov, Chairman of the Board of Directors of PJSC Severstal, has been re-elected to the Executive Committee of The World Steel Association. The decision to elect the executive committee with a new composition was made by the Worldsteel Board of Directors during the 49th Worldsteel... 15.10.2015  19:43

• Ukraine was elected a member of the UN Security Council for the next 2 years At a meeting of the General Assembly of the United Nations (UN), Ukraine was elected a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council for 2016-2017. 177 out of 193 members of the organization voted for Ukraine. Ukraine's powers as a member of the Security Council will begin on January 1,... 15.10.2015  18:19

• Steel production increased at Dneprospetsstal, but finished rolled products output decreased In September 2015, PJSC "Electrometallurgical Plant" Dneprospetsstal "named after A.N. Kuzmina ”delivered 21,442 tons of steel, which is 15.7 percent higher than the level of the previous month. During the same period, this enterprise produced 11,977 tons of finished rolled products, which is 13.3 p... 15.10.2015  17:03

• The results of the work of the mining and metallurgical complex of Ukraine in September 2015 were summed up According to the industry association of enterprises "Metallurgprom", the production of the main types of products by metallurgical enterprises of Ukraine in September 2015 was: - pig iron - 2,033 thousand tons (average daily production - 67.8 thousand tons; an increase of 5.6 thousand tons per... 15.10.2015  15:53

• The manufacturer of "Bukov" accused the international commission of investigation of the crash of the Malaysian "Boeing" of forgery The international commission to investigate the crash of the Malaysian Boeing in its final report distorted the results of a study by the Almaz-Antey air defense concern, the press service of the Russian concern reported. “The appearance in a report released by the Dutch side on October 13 of a m... 15.10.2015  15:20

• With the closure of the Redcar steel plant, the seaport may close in Teesside The crisis in Teesside in the northeast of Great Britain, which erupted after the closure of the country's largest metallurgical plant, Redcar, may take on new dimensions. Today it became known about the upcoming layoffs at the Teesport commercial seaport. Port owner PD Ports announced that it... 15.10.2015  12:42

• China frustrated with WTO membership protecting exclusively Western companies On October 14, China lost the right to appeal in a dispute with Japan and the European Union, in which Western countries complained about the PRC's use of anti-dumping duties on stainless steel pipes. Thus, according to Reuters, the appellate body of the World Trade Organization sided with... 14.10.2015  18:20