Metallurgy news

• Merkel: German investments will not come to Ukraine as long as the country is ruled by oligarchs The dominant role of oligarchs in Ukraine must be abolished if the country wants to receive German investment. This was stated by German Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel in her weekly video message, dpa agency reports. “People need to be provided with transparency, corruption must be fought,” the... 17.10.2015  16:03

• British Minister supported the idea of ​​reducing electricity tariffs for metallurgists Edwina Kharg, the Minister of Economy of the Welsh Government, supported the urgent need for government action to address the high energy costs of metallurgical companies. This opinion was expressed by Kharg during a summit held on Friday with the participation of members of the British Cabinet,... 17.10.2015  13:51

• The Ukrainian government is unable to comply with the court decision on the payment of pensions in Donbass According to the Minister of Social Policy of Ukraine, Kiev will not be able to pay pensions in the occupied territory despite the decision of the Supreme Administrative Court of Ukraine (VASU) to unfreeze the payment of salaries, pensions and social benefits to residents of eastern Ukraine living... 17.10.2015  13:02

• The largest Ukrainian producer of commercial pig iron may finally stop For about a month at the Donetsk Metallurgical Plant (DMZ) of the Donetskstal group of Viktor Nusenkis, persistent rumors have been circulating about a complete stop. Employees of the enterprise reported this to the site 062.ua. According to these same workers, the reason may be the expensive... 16.10.2015  16:00

• Sergei Kurchenko was accused of financing special operations "against residents of the LPR and DPR" At a closed meeting of the special commission of the People's Council of the self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic (LPR) to "investigate the machinations of the Ukrainian businessman Kurchenko" held on Friday, it was stated that the activities of the "oligarch" could be aimed at financing... 16.10.2015  11:27

• Tata Steel prepares to lay off 1,000 workers from its Scantrop plant Up to a thousand jobs could be lost at Tata Steel in Scantrop, UK. This was reported in the publication "The Telegraph". "Tata Steel is preparing to announce a new wave of layoffs in the UK ahead of the metallurgical summit," the publication said. Tata Steel will begin cost optimization in... 16.10.2015  09:58

• Steel production in Ukraine will decrease in 2015 by another 13 percent to 23.5 million tons Steel production at Ukrainian metallurgical plants by the end of 2015 will decrease by 13 percent compared to 2014 to 23.5 million tons. This forecast was announced by the industry association "Metallurgprom". The drop in production in the basic sector of the country's economy will occur due to... 16.10.2015  09:29

• Alexey Mordashov was re-elected to the Executive Committee of the World Steel Association Alexey Mordashov, Chairman of the Board of Directors of PJSC Severstal, has been re-elected to the Executive Committee of The World Steel Association. The decision to elect the executive committee with a new composition was made by the Worldsteel Board of Directors during the 49th Worldsteel... 15.10.2015  19:43

• Ukraine was elected a member of the UN Security Council for the next 2 years At a meeting of the General Assembly of the United Nations (UN), Ukraine was elected a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council for 2016-2017. 177 out of 193 members of the organization voted for Ukraine. Ukraine's powers as a member of the Security Council will begin on January 1,... 15.10.2015  18:19

• Steel production increased at Dneprospetsstal, but finished rolled products output decreased In September 2015, PJSC "Electrometallurgical Plant" Dneprospetsstal "named after A.N. Kuzmina ”delivered 21,442 tons of steel, which is 15.7 percent higher than the level of the previous month. During the same period, this enterprise produced 11,977 tons of finished rolled products, which is 13.3 p... 15.10.2015  17:03