Metallurgy news

• The export of reinforcement from Turkey fell by 19% in February 2013 According to the Turkish Institute of Statistics in February 2013, the export of reinforcement amounted to 660 thousand 466 tons, which is 19.4% more than last month, but 19% less than in February 2012. However, in case of falling volumes, export income increased in both annual and monthly... 06.04.2013  11:52

• Rio Tinto leaves the coal industry, devoting itself to the extraction of iron ore Rio Tinto will have to stop calling yourself a diversified conglomerate and a coal mining company. The Australian company put up almost all its coal assets for sale, trying to close a budget gap of three billion dollars that formed last year. The new CEO of RIO Tinto Sam Walsh consistently gets... 06.04.2013  11:24

• The Metallurgical Plant of the Evraz group in the Czech Republic was stopped due to the lack of orders Evraz Vitkovice Steel - the Czech capac board of the Russian group Evraz this Friday was stopped for an indefinite period due to the lack of demand for metal rolling. This is stated in the message of the company. The stop of metallurgical production in the Czech Republic shows that the country... 06.04.2013  11:05

• In the first two months of 2013, the Russian Federation reduced exports and increased the import of metal rolling In January-February, Russian metallurgical companies exported 5 million 500 thousand tons of black metal rolling, which is 6.2% less than in the same period in 2012, the Federal Customs Service (FCS of Russia) reports. The price of Russian exports of metal products fell by 14.1% - up to 3... 05.04.2013  15:48

• Brazilian CSN invests in the development of more than $ 1.5 billion in 2013 The largest metallurgical company of Brazil Companhia Sider mountain Nacional (CSN) announced that this year the volume of investment in the development and modernization of production will be $ 3 billion. "Investments provided for 2013 cover 74% of the company's total needs," said CSN... 05.04.2013  15:32

• 45 Chinese metallurgical firms comply with the norms China published data regarding the solution of excess production capacities of steel industry, which are present in the sector. The formation of a list of 45 Chinese metallurgical enterprises that meet the national industrial standards for the production of iron and steel was the last step in this... 04.04.2013  21:22

• Production has become in Japan to continue to decline In the first quarter of 2013, steel production in Japan fell, according to preliminary data by 4.1%, Bloomberg reports. This has become the biggest decline in the industry over the past year and a half. The Ministry of Economics, Trade and Industry stated that the production of steel in Japan... 04.04.2013  09:52

• Rinat Akhmetov invested about 18 billion hryvnias in the modernization of his plants Last year, the Capital Management system (SCM) of the Ukrainian businessman Rinat Akhmetov invested in updating their assets excluding personnel acquisitions 17 billion 980 million UAH, which is 15.7% more than in 2011 (15 billion 163 million UAH). This is stated in the message of the press service... 04.04.2013  09:10

• Türkiye increased the export of steel pipes by 5% According to data provided by the Turkish Association of Steel pipes manufacturers in March 2013, the total volume of pipe exports amounted to 183 thousand 903 tons of which is 17% more than March 2012. Revenues from the export of steel pipes increased by 7.4% in annual terms - to 156 million 500... 04.04.2013  08:48

• MC Steel Group launches Sharon Tube The JMC Steel Group, which is the largest manufacturer of pipe products in North America, said that from April 1, 2013, the DOM product will be sold under the Sharon Tube brand. In addition, JMC appointed Bill Perrin by the president of the new unit. He is a 32-year-old veteran of the steel tube... 03.04.2013  20:32