Metallurgy news

• 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

• Sail DSP has reached record indicators in production The DurgaPur metallurgical plant, Sail unit located in the east of India, recorded record high performance during 2012 and 2013. Hot metal yield increased by 7%. The production of steel and commodity steel grew by 6% and 5%, respectively. The production of special steels and the supply of wheels... 03.04.2013  18:11

• Middle East is cheaper Buyers in the Middle East have become much more careful to make transactions with a metal rolling. As reported from Turkey, the price of the workpiece and reinforcement began to decline slightly. In April, Middle Eastern buyers prefer to purchase reinforcement at a maximum price of $ 595 per... 02.04.2013  11:12

• The domestic market of China steel enters a corkscrew The current state of affairs on Chinese metallurgical plants can be described in one word - despair, writes Steelguru. The production of steel and a metal rolling of ore, until recently purchased at the impressed price in the wake of the defects of demand, has become unprofitable. China’s d... 02.04.2013  10:42

• In Ukraine, the growth of steel production began The metallurgical enterprises of Ukraine in the first quarter of 2013 increased the production of steel by 2% compared with January-March 2012. The total number of steel sold in the first three months of this year amounted to 8 million 322 thousand tons, according to OP Metallurgprom. In January... 02.04.2013  10:14