Metallurgy news

• Excessive metallurgical capacities reached 600 million tons Speaking to foreign investors at the conference organized by Sberbank of Russia, the general director of OJSC Novolipetsk Metallurgical Plant Vladimir lisin said that an excess of metallurgical capacities around the world reached 600 million tons. "The crisis that the world metallurgy... 18.04.2013  15:16

• Arselormital suits Severstal ArcelorMittal USA LLC filed a lawsuit against Severstal and Nisshin Steel Holdings Co accusing these companies of violation of the patent agreement in the production of steel for the automotive industry. It is reported by Bloomberg. The lawsuit, in particular, states that the Michigan... 18.04.2013  13:45

• Industrial production of Ukraine increased by 11 percent The decline in industrial production in Ukraine in March 2013 reached 5.2 percent compared to March 2012, although in relation to February, industrial production increased by 11 percent. This is stated in a statement by the State Statistics Service. The first quarter of the current year by... 17.04.2013  20:53

• Ukrainian metallurgists for the first quarter of 2013 melted 8 million 678 thousand tons of steel In the first quarter of 2013, Ukrainian metallurgical enterprises melted 8 million 678 thousand tons of steel, including 4 million 354 thousand tons of cast semi -finished products. This was reported by the State Statistics Service. The report indicates that the production of metal rolling... 17.04.2013  20:35

• Comfortable Zaporizhstal graduated from the first quarter of 2013 with a profit of 170 million hryvnias According to the press service of Zaporizhstali, in the first quarter of 2013, the company received UAH 170 million of net profit according to international financial statements (IFRS) against 455 million UAH in January - March last year. The company managed to improve financial results as a... 17.04.2013  18:38

• The European Parliament rejected the new bill to trade in CO2 emissions The European parliament on Tuesday rejected the proposal of the European Commission to change the procedure for trading emissions of CO2 and the functioning of the hydrocarbon market in Europe, sending it to the improvement committee on the environment. This decision is welcomed by the... 17.04.2013  18:22

• The production of steel in the Russian Federation in the first quarter of 2013 fell by 5 percent In January - March 2013, 17 million 200 thousand tons of steel were melted on the territory of the Russian Federation, which is 4.6 percent less than in the same period in 2012. At the same time, coal mining decreased by 0.7 percent -to 85 million 900 thousand tons and coke production fell by... 16.04.2013  10:50

• Metinvest will put 30 million hryvnias into the social sphere of Krivoy Rog The agreement signed for 2013 between the Metinvest group and the Krivoy Rog authorities on social partnership provides for financing urban social programs in the amount of UAH 30 million. This was reported by the press center of Metinvest. The agreement will be implemented as part of the Social... 16.04.2013  10:36

• World prices for gold fell by almost 10 percent, for silver by 14 percent On Monday, April 15, 2013, the largest drop in gold prices in the last 30 years has occurred at the London Metal Exchange. The price of metal decreased immediately by 9.2 percent and amounted to 1395 dollars per ounce. According to the results of yesterday's trading, the price of silver... 16.04.2013  10:26

• In the opinion of the IMF, the GDP growth in Ukraine will be 0 percent in 2013 The gross domestic product (GDP) of Ukraine in 2013 will remain at the best case last year, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said. As stated in the analytical report of this organization, if the political situation in the country does not change, then the growth of GDP of Ukraine at the end... 16.04.2013  10:08