Metallurgy news

• American assets of ThyssenkrupP continue to depreciate The German steel company Thyssenkrupp has once again reduced the balance sheet value of its assets in Alabam, the USA and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil by 0.5 billion euros up to 3.4 billion. The continuing depreciation of metallurgical enterprises can force the company's management in negotiations with... 17.05.2013  09:32

• In the first quarter of 2013, Ukrainian metallurgists increased the export of metal products In the first quarter of 2013, the metallurgical companies of Ukraine exported 5 million 880 thousand tons of steel rental and 490 thousand 440 tons of cast iron, which is 8.6 and 39.3 percent more than in January-March 2012, respectively. It is reported by UGMK.info. At the same time, the export... 16.05.2013  12:45

• The United States begins an anti -dumping investigation of importing steel wire from China The US Department of Trade announced on Tuesday that he started an anti -dumping investigation of the import of steel wire used in the manufacture of reinforced concrete products, as well as knitting wire from China, Mexico and Thailand, including for production... 16.05.2013  10:08

• The price of reinforcement in China has reached a new minimum The fall in the reinforcement prices in China today reached last year's minimum in 3520 yuan per ton or 570 US dollars. Such proposals were given today by the Shanghai futures exchange for the supply of reinforcement in October. This is the lowest price level from December 3, 2012. The... 16.05.2013  09:55

• The iron ore market fell into the power of the bear trend The slowdown of economic growth in China, the largest consumer in the world of metallurgical raw materials, had an extremely negative impact on the growth of demand for iron ore. Today, more than 62 percent of $ $ 126, which is 1.3 percent less than yesterday and 20 percent less than in February... 16.05.2013  09:31

• Argentina metallurgists this year will raise a salary of 24 percent The Ministry of Labor of Argentina agreed with the trade unions of the metallurgical industry on increasing wages by 24 percent to compensate for the predicted inflation rate. It is reported by Bloomberg. About 250 thousand workers employed in the enterprises of the Argentina metallurgical... 16.05.2013  09:07

• Arselormital Kryvy Rog announces production results for April 2013 According to the Ukrainian plant, the largest metallurgical company in the world Arselormital production of steel in April was reduced by 17.7 percent in annual comparison, to 476 thousand 600 tons. This is due to a stop for a month of blast furnace No. 7 for major repairs. At the same time,... 16.05.2013  08:43

• The Donbass Industrial Union chooses between the sale of the Polish factory or the reduction of its personnel According to the financial director of the Industrial Union of Donbass (ISD) Evgeny Potapov, the company is now considering two options for the development of events at the Polish Metallurgical Plant of the HUTA CZESTOCHOWA group. The first is a decrease in the number of workers, and the second... 15.05.2013  12:23

• Mechel securities and NLMK can fly out of the MSCI RUSSIA stock index An important MSCI Russia index for passively controlled funds will leave Mechel and NLMK today. This was reported by "Vedomosti". Currently, the MSCI Russia index includes 27 Russian companies. The most “heavy” is Gazprom with a weight of 19.75 percent, in the 2nd and 3rd places-Sberbank and Luk... 15.05.2013  10:56

• New Zealand trade union wants to force Rio Tinto to pay off wage debts The trade union organization of New Zealand EPMU is disappointed with the Rio Tinto refusal to pay the due monetary reward to its workers for work on holidays. This is stated in the message EPMU. Rio Tinto has never paid for bonuses for standard wages when employees go to work on weekends and... 15.05.2013  10:14