Metallurgy news

• The Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine approved the acquisition by Metinvest Zaporozhogneupo Metinvest B.V. -The maternal company of the international vertical mining mining and metallurgical group of companies has gained control of PJSC Zaporozhogneurap, increasing its stake, exceeding 50 percent of the vote in the highest governing body of the Zaporizhzhya plant. As stated in the... 13.05.2013  09:14

• China is still a shortage of copper The volume of copper consumption in China will grow by 7 percent until the end of 2013, according to the Association of Caucasus Metallurgy Enterprises. This year, Chinese enterprises will master 8 million 300 thousand tons of copper. This is evidenced by the publication "Zhongo Zhentsyuan... 13.05.2013  09:06

• World prices for coking coals will reach a record low level already in the third quarter of this year The world's largest exporter of metallurgical coals company BHP Billiton Ltd. (BHP) states that in the third quarter of 2013, the price of metallurgical coal will fall by a record low in connection with the weakening of demand from the Asian countries. The predicted price is at the level of 165... 13.05.2013  08:36

• Arselormital builds up the production of sheet steel in Europe The European branch of the largest metallurgical company in the world Arselormital - Flat Carbon Europe reported an increase in steel production by 14.2 percent to 7 million 300 thousand tons in the first quarter of 2013 compared to 6 million 400 thousand tons in the fourth quarter of 2012. As the... 13.05.2013  08:20

• Coal mining in Ukraine decreased by 5 percent The Trade Union of Coal Industry Workers of Ukraine reports on the decline in coal production in January-April 2013 by 5 percent. According to the report, the mining of coal over the first four months of this year decreased to 27 million 800 thousand tons from 29 million 300 thousand tons in the... 12.05.2013  20:40

• Rinata Akhmetov was excluded from the list of the richest Jews in the world The richest businessman of Ukraine Rinat Akhmetov left the rating of the most wealthy Jews in the world, annually published by the Israeli publication for Forbes. Also, the name of Petro Poroshenko disappeared from there. This was reported by Russian Lenta.ru. In April of this year, in a... 12.05.2013  11:00

• Azarov promised to solve the unresolved problems Prime Minister Nikolai Azarov congratulated Ukrainian women on his mother’s Day and noted that maternal words remain the most important in the whole life path of a person. This is stated in the official congratulation of the prime minister on the Mother's Day. “In Ukraine, from the first years of... 12.05.2013  10:58

• Forecast of world prices for stainless steel from Meps World prices for hot -rolled and cold -rolled stainless steel roll in April decreased by $ 80 per ton. At the same time, the internal prices for stainless steel fell in all studied countries with the exception of Japan. This was reported in the European analytical agency specializing in... 12.05.2013  10:48

• Japanese metallurgists announce cost reduction by almost three billion dollars The three largest Japanese manufacturers were Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp, JFE Holdings Inc and Kobe Steel LTD announced a reduction in expenses by $ 275 billion or 2 billion 700 million dollars this year. The impetus for the adoption of such radical measures was an excessive offer of steel... 11.05.2013  09:37

• The European Commission considers the possibility of budget financing of the EU metallurgical companies The European Commission studies the legality of the release of money of the private company Duferco Group in the form of illegal state subsidies provided to it three years ago by the Belgium government. In the European Parliament, passions about the EU industrial policy are heated and high... 11.05.2013  08:56