Metallurgy news

• Chinese Baosteel on the fifth time in a row this year increases the prices of metal rolling The Chinese steel giant Baoshan Iron & Steel (Baosteel) announced that from April 2013, hot -rolled and cold -rolled steel in rolls would cost more than $ 25 more than in March. Baosteel metallurgical managers involve an increase in demand and, therefore, market prices for steel and metal... 10.03.2013  12:24

• Workers Arselormital blocked the Belgian-Gollandic border Several hundreds of Belgian workers of the Arselormital metallurgical company blocked today the movement on the border between Belgium and the Netherlands in protest against planned abbreviations in liege. This was reported by the Associated Agency Press. More than two hundred people blocked... 09.03.2013  10:30

• Gerhard Kromme resigned from the post of chairman of Thyssenkrupp AG Dr. Gerhard Kromme will leave his post by the chairman of the supervisory board of the German steel concern Thyssenkrupp AG until March 31, 2013. This was reported by the press service of Thyssenkrupp. At the same time as a recovery of resignation, Dr. Kromma addressed the leadership of the... 09.03.2013  09:58

• Mariupol signed a new agreement with Metinvest The city of Mariupol won a nationwide competition for the title of “City of Best Improvement and Public Order” among cities with a number of less than 500 thousand inhabitants conducted by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine. This was reported by the press center of the group Metinvest. The fact ... 08.03.2013  11:15

• World prices for coking coal are located on the edge of the cliff The growing third month in a row in a row of metallurgical coke will soon fly down, repeating the fate of iron ore raw materials. If a couple of weeks ago the whole world was excited about multi -billion dollar investments in the infrastructure and construction of China, then the current price... 08.03.2013  10:50

• Daily production of steel in China exceeded two million tons Despite the obvious excess of metallurgical capacities, steel production growth in China continues to increase. According to the local Association of ferrous metallurgy, the daily volume of the spilled in China became increased at the end of February 2013 to 2 million 34 thousand tons, which is... 08.03.2013  10:28

• Brazilian CSN announced the rise in price of metal rolling by 8% The largest Brazilian metallurgical company CSN (Companhia Siderórgica Nacional) sent information letters to its distributors in which she warned about rising prices for metal rolling from 6 to 8%. It is reported by Steel Orbis. This increase will become the second consecutive from the beginning ... 07.03.2013  08:30

• Kloeckner communicates about the loss and reduction of demand for steel Kloeckner & Co (KKO), a German trader of steel, part of which belongs to the KNAUF family, incurred losses last year as a result of a protracted economic crisis in Europe. The company said today that the net loss in 2012 amounted to 198 million euros ($ 259 million). Profit without paying interest,... 07.03.2013  08:28

• The United States reduced export of cast iron and steel scrap by 11% in 2012 The United States is in a situation of economic uncertainty, and this affects the export of cast iron and steel scrap. The average scrap price and ferrous metal rolling reached $ 309 per ton, which does not go in a cut of the world prices for this type of product. According to the report of the US... 07.03.2013  08:25

• The Chinese market steel gropes the bottom Negative price trends in the domestic market became in China, it seems to be stabilized at their lower point. Prices for metal rubles remain unchanged. In any case, the fall of domestic prices immediately after the celebration of the New Year on the Chinese calendar was a thunder among a clear... 07.03.2013  08:21