Metallurgy news

• A environmental lawsuit was filed against British Steel and British Coal The Australian Southwales reports today that more than 300 former British Steel and British Coal workers in coksochemical industries filed a lawsuit in the port of Talbot, demanding compensation for the cost of treatment of cancer diseases caused by inhalation of vapors and dust decades ago.... 29.07.2013  10:08

• The Russian press called Ukraine an economic outsider Moscow “Independent Gazeta” draws the attention of its readers to the fact that “Ukraine has become an economic outsider of the CIS”. The decline in industry in the country according to the results of the first half of the year amounted to more than 5 percent. The export of Ukraine to the CIS states... 28.07.2013  11:05

• Siemens will fire the general director of Peter Lesher for repeated omissions in work As it became known today, on July 31, 2013, Siemens Supervisory Board will gather in order to dismiss the head of the Peter Löscher Corporation, who is accused of the fact that through his fault the company did not receive sufficient profit in the failures of railway projects. According to ... 28.07.2013  10:25

• Zaporizhstal reduced the energy intensity of the production of metal rolling In January - June 2013, Zaporizhstal MK produced a metal roll with energy costs of 21.8 GJ per ton, which is 6.4 percent less than in APPG -2012 (23.3 GJ/ton). This is stated in the report of the management company of the Metinvest plant. A set of measures aimed primarily at identifying energy... 28.07.2013  10:02

• Magnitogorsk by 10 percent increased deliveries to the domestic market of Russia In the first half of 2013, Magnitogorsk Metallurgical Plant OJSC (MMK, Russia, Magnitorgorsk) increased the sales of the metal rolling in the domestic market by 9.7 percent, to 4 million 600 thousand tons. At the same time, the average cost of one ton of steel sold in the domestic market was $ 685... 28.07.2013  09:41

• Akhmetova is asked to finance the metallurgy of Serbia Yesterday in Kyiv, during a meeting of the President of Ukraine, Viktor Yanukovych and President of the Republic of Serbia Tomislav Nikolich, the parties discussed a number of issues of cooperation between the two countries. In particular, the Serbian president said that his country is interested... 28.07.2013  09:34

• Putin in Kyiv awarded Popov with orders and medals and invited Yanukovych to think about security During the events of the 1025th anniversary of the forcible baptism of Rus' dedicated to the solemn celebration, Russian President Vladimir Putin awarded the Kyiv Metropolitan and All Ukraine by Vladimir of Alexander Nevsky, and six more metropolitans of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow... 27.07.2013  12:34

• Ukrainian metallurgists want to sell steel in Iraq The Minister of Economic Development and Trade Igor Prasolov met with the Minister of Trade of Iraq Hyrallah Hassan Babeker. During the negotiations, the Ukrainian official informed the representative of Iraq that Ukraine wants to increase the export of metal distribution to the Arab Republic. In... 27.07.2013  12:10

• Lakshmi Mittal became the third in the list of rich owners of the most expensive British football clubs The influential Indian edition of Times of India writes today that the native of India, and now the English billionaire Lakshmi Mittal has become the third richest person in British football. The steel tycoon acquired a share in Loftus Road Club QPR, which also made it the sixth rich in the world... 27.07.2013  11:44

• Thyssenkrupp at a crossroads: get 2 billion for a factory in Alabama or 3 billion for the Brazilian and American plants at once Today it became known that Thyssenkrupp received an offer from the Consortium Arcelormittal and Nippon Steel to sell a metallurgical plant in Alabama, the United States for $ 2 billion. This is somewhat better than the proposal of the Brazilian Companhia Siderurgica Nacional (CSN) voiced last week... 27.07.2013  10:38