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Jobs at risk at Tata Steel's UK plantA plan to shut down two blast furnaces and replace them with electric arc furnaces (EAFs) could lead to thousands of job losses at Tata Steel Port Talbot. Meanwhile, unions have already decided to fight proposed plans to end steel production in South Wales. Tata Steel accounts for almost 50% of all…
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NUMSA pickets at ArcelorMittal plants in South AfricaThe National Union of Metallurgists of South Africa announced that it will hold a picket at several sites at ArcelorMittal on Monday. NUMSA said: “The picket will take place on Monday morning, after which the union will hand over a memorandum of demands. Picketing will take place at ArcelorMittal…
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Severstal certifies valves in Sweden and NorwaySeverstal received a certificate of conformity, which allows it to sell reinforcing bars of strength classes B500B, B500NC, K500V-T, K500S-T in Western Europe. The certificate of conformity to standards NS3576-3: 2012, SS-EN10080: 2006 + SS212540: 2014 confirms the high level of mechanical…
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EUROFER welcomes long-term budget and EU recovery planA special European Council will be held in Brussels on July 17-18 to discuss the EU's long-term budget and the next generation EU /EU recovery plan. The European Steel Association welcomes the Recovery Plan, but calls on leaders to take additional immediate action to ensure a fast and sustainable…
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ArcelorMittal to restart blast furnace at Dunkirk steel mill in AugustArcelorMittal is set to restart one of two temporarily shutdown blast furnaces at its Dunkirk plant in northern France in August, a spokesman for the world's largest steelmaker said on July 16. ArcelorMittal plans to restart blast furnace No. 3, which has a capacity of 3 million tonnes /year of…
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JSW Steel USA Sends Layoff Notices to Mingo Junction WorkersJSW Steel USA has sent out layoff notices to 160 workers at its Mingo Junction plant as the company plans to temporarily close due to the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic. The notice of adjustment and retraining of workers was sent to announce the temporary cessation of production at the…
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Production and consumption of rolled metal in Ukraine in the first half of 2020During 6 months of 2020, Ukrainian metallurgical enterprises produced 9,030,000 tons of rolled metal (95.3% compared to the same period in 2019), of which about 7,430,000 tons, or 82.3%, were exported. In the same period of 2019, the share of exports was about 85.6% (8,110,000 tons with a total…
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Production growth must match growing steel exportsBy all accounts, including the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the economic and social activities of countries around the world, one emerging opinion tells us that this experience of several months (5-7 months) is best considered as a sudden deviation from the secular growth trajectory. a kind…
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China's steel exports hit 8-year low in JuneThe latest statistics released by China's General Administration of Customs indicate a marked decline in steel exports in June this year. Monthly exports hit their lowest level in eight years. On the other hand, steel imports reached a 10-year high during the month. Monthly exports totaled 3.7…
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MMK prepares metallurgical plants to meet demand for rolled metalThe Russian steel mill MMK said on July 14 that it had begun to ramp up production again, seeing production declining 22% qoq and 24% yoy in April-June, when it suspended several facilities for modernization to take advantage of a quieter market. , The end of the second quarter was marked by an…
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