Metallurgy news

• In India, criminal cases against unscrupulous mine owners have been instituted The MB Shah Commission investigated the illegal production of raw materials on Indian mines in Odisha. 45 criminal cases were registered against the owners of private iron ore and manganese mines in the Koida mining sector for violation of environmental norms. Administrative sources said that... 02.06.2013  17:11

• Mexican trade unions require the government to stop illegal imports from Russia and Ukraine The National Alliance of the miners of Mexico (NMA) said that there is a danger of losing 1,20,000 out of 720,000 existing jobs in the national steel industry in connection with the ongoing illegal imports of steel from countries that have not had trade agreements with Mexico, which became possible... 02.06.2013  15:37

• Export prices for Ukrainian steel fell to $ 490 According to the latest data, export prices for Ukrainian steel workpiece in the Black Sea ports decreased to 490 - 500 US dollars FOB. Most of the offers are still about $ 500, but a level of $ 490 has been recorded in some transactions. The hot -rolled sheet of Ukrainian and Russian... 02.06.2013  13:08

• In the 1st quarter of 2013, the indicators of the German steel industry decreased The Association of German manufacturers of steel and WSM metal reported that in the first three months of this year, the German metallurgical industry reduced the indicators by 2.1 percent compared to last year. In the first quarter of 2013, 5.2 percent decreased sales on the domestic market, at... 01.06.2013  17:01

• Zaporizhstal in May reduced the production of steel by 15 percent In May 2013, the Zaporizhstal metallurgical plant produced 279 thousand 700 tons of steel, which is 15.5 percent less than in May 2012. At the same time, the production of cast iron decreased by 16.3 percent to 275 thousand tons, and the production of metal rolling decreased by 9.2 percent to 275... 01.06.2013  11:44

• Arselormital remained the largest metallurgical company in the world in 2012 - WorldSteel According to the universal association of cast iron manufacturers, the WorldSteel manufacturers, Arselormital retained the leading position in the production of steel in 2012 with a result of 93 million 600 thousand tons. The recently created Japanese Nippon Steel and Sumitomo Metal Corporation... 31.05.2013  10:45

• Belgium is considering the issue of nationalization of the Arselormittal Communication Plant in liege The regional government of the Belgian Wallonia is considering the possibility of nationalization of the Arselormital metallurgical plant in liege. Reuters writes about this today. The conflict between Belgian officials and Arselormital arose after the largest metallurgical company in the world... 31.05.2013  10:25

• Ukraine is able to produce cokes of higher quality The authors of the study "Resource -saving technologies of metallurgical production based on the use of Ukrainian coal", dedicated to obtaining better coke for the installations of dust -angle fuel blowing (PUT), were awarded the State Prize of Ukraine. This was reported by the press center of the... 31.05.2013  10:12

• NLMK optimizes cast iron production capacities As part of the program to optimize production capacities and in connection with low demand for cast iron, the NLMK group announced today about stopping the domain furnace No. 3 for an indefinite period. The power of the blasties is 1 million 300 thousand tons of commodity cast iron per year. The... 30.05.2013  19:30

• The choice is made: the ISD will fire half the Polish control room staff As expected, the Industrial Union of Donbass (ISD) decided to reduce the number of employees of the Polish Metallurgical Plant Huta Czestochowa most likely not finding a buyer for him. This was reported by UNIAN. As a result of the reductions, 1,500 people out of three thousand current... 30.05.2013  13:56