Metallurgy news

• US Steel Canada workers take down American flags outside the company's Hamilton office American flags began to disappear from US Steel Canada's offices and buildings on Friday, following a decision by the Ontario Superior Court of Justice to separate US Steel's Canadian mills into an independent company. Typically, three flags fluttered over the US Steel divisions in Canada:... 11.10.2015  10:26

• The number of victims of the terrorist attack in Ankara rose to 86 people, 186 were injured, 28 of them in serious condition As a result of two explosions in the capital of Turkey, 86 people have died, 186 people have been injured, of which 28 are in critical condition. 62 people died at the scene, and 24 died in hospital. The explosions thundered at 10:04 am during a march organized by trade unions and public... 10.10.2015  16:59

• Tata Steel's consolidated sales increase 11 percent September 10, Kolkata. One of the largest Indian steel companies reported a sharp increase in sales of metal products in July-September 2015. According to the press service of the company, its consolidated sales in the second quarter of the current fiscal year amounted to 2.1 million tons, which is... 10.10.2015  16:50

• Trade unions accuse SSI of misappropriating pension savings of workers at Redcar plant British metallurgical unions have demanded an immediate investigation into allegations of the Thai company SSI embezzling pension payments from workers at the Redcar steel plant in Teesside, which was shut down in late September. According to union bosses, workers at the plant claim that the... 10.10.2015  16:38

• Ukraine sharply reduced the production of pipe metal products: three factories were stopped According to the results of the work of the pipe industry in Ukraine in January - September 2015, the output of finished products decreased by 41.9 percent compared to the same period last year (APPG) to 643.4 thousand tons. In September, pipe production increased slightly from 72.1 thousand to... 10.10.2015  10:47

• Ukrainian metallurgists want cheap scrap metal Metallurgical companies of Ukraine demand from the government to limit the export of ferrous metals or to increase the export duty. Rostislav Shurma, general director of the Zaporizhstal metallurgical plant, said on Friday that the government should create conditions under which 95 - 98 percent... 09.10.2015  19:20

• US to support Syrian opposition from the air The details of Barack Obama's new program to support the Syrian opposition have become known. According to Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook, the US Department of Defense will improve the supply of weapons and military equipment to groups of "proven" militant leaders, as well as support their... 09.10.2015  18:33

• The Pentagon said it was not going to "drain" the Syrian rebels The US defense department noted that the program of military assistance to the Syrian opposition is not being phased out, but will be continued at a new level. This was reported by Reuters. Recall that today it became known that the Obama administration canceled the training and equipping... 09.10.2015  15:55

• Is the US “draining” the Syrian opposition? The American edition of The New York Times announced that the Obama administration is abandoning the Pentagon's program of military training for the Syrian opposition. "The Obama administration is completing a $ 500 million Pentagon program to train and equip Syrian rebels," the statement... 09.10.2015  15:00

• Ilyich Iron and Steel Works completed overhaul of the filling machine Blast furnace workers of the Mariupol Metallurgical Plant named after Lenin completed the overhaul of the filling machine No. 4 a day earlier than planned. According to the general director of MMK, the repaired unit is a kind of record holder: during the overhaul period, the machine has leaked... 09.10.2015  11:12