Metallurgy news

• US Steel may cut over 500 workers at Lone Star The News Journal reports that a series of new layoffs are planned in the production of welded pipe (ERW) and specialty pipe products for the energy industry at Lone Star. A US Steel spokesman has alerted 579 other workers that they may be fired from Lone Star as activity slows along with the oil... 22.04.2015  09:53

• Cancellation of South Stream Shows Need for Other Gas Supply Routes - EU Maros Sefcovic, Vice President of the European Commission, said in an interview that Russia did not discuss the decision to cancel South Stream with its partners in the European Union and announced the move to another project at a press conference. “After that, it became clear that Europe needed to ... 21.04.2015  11:33

• Prospects for global metallurgy in the coming years The World Steel Association (Worldsteel) outlined the short-term outlook for the steel industry for 2015-2016, according to which steel consumption in the world will slightly increase, by 0.5 percent in 2015 to 1,544 million tons. In addition, global steel demand expects stronger growth, up 1.4... 21.04.2015  11:09

• EVRAZ operating results for the first quarter of 2015 Throughout the first quarter, steel production remained stable with Russian metallurgical plants operating at full capacity and amounted to 3.9 million tonnes. At the same time, the production of semi-finished products for export increased by 5 percent, and the output of railway products increased... 21.04.2015  10:18

• Worldsteel demands effective water management by local organizations The World Steel Association (Worldsteel) has published a report on water management in the steel industry. The association argues that efficient water management is a top priority for the industry. Worldsteel believes that local regulators play a key role in this and must take into account the... 20.04.2015  11:35

• KSP Steel will supply steel for the construction of the Abu Dhabi Plaza complex in Astana The Kazakhstani plant will begin supplying its steel products for the construction of the Abu Dhabi Plaza shopping and entertainment complex in Astana. As a result of negotiations with the support of the National Agency for Local Development NADLoC, an agreement was concluded between KSP Steel and... 20.04.2015  10:59

• Scrap metal prices jump in Turkey Turkish HMS 1/2 scrap metal import prices have risen sharply after falling sharply over the past two months. According to the data, the average monthly price rose 3.6 percent over the month to $ 256.59 per tonne CFR Iskenderun Port. Turkish imports of HMS 1 and 2 are up $ 13 /t in the first week of... 20.04.2015  09:44

• Preparations are underway for mining from asteroids Mining company Planetary Resources has launched the first of two space demonstration vehicles designed to reveal the prospects for mining valuable resources on asteroids. This was reported by NPO Electroapparat CJSC . Arkyd 3 Reflight (A3R) will spend three months in orbit, sending data to a... 19.04.2015  13:11

• A global e-waste program is needed - UN The United Nations is discussing "tackling e-waste", which will reach 65.4 million tonnes globally by 2017, a third higher than in 2012. It was understood that only innovative ways of solving the E-waste processing will allow to cope with the additional load. Most recently, Ericsson (Ericsson)... 19.04.2015  11:58

• LNG is unlikely to replace Russian gas supplies to Europe until 2020: experts Russia will continue to provide competitive natural gas supplies to Europe until mid-2020, when it should be possible to significantly offset Russian imports from other sources, including LNG supplies, participants at the Flame conference in Amsterdam said. Last year, following an escalation in... 18.04.2015  16:31