Metallurgy news

• Ukrainian oligarchs were able to beg the state support from the president According to the website of the President of Ukraine, Viktor Yanukovych instructed Nikolai Azarov today to create a working group on providing support to enterprises of the mining and metallurgical complex. Until February 11, 2013, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine will have to create a... 05.02.2013  00:01

• Zaporizhstal increases steel production by 10% In January 2013, the production plant Zaporozhstal increased the production of steel by 9.9% to 329 thousand 100 tons, increased the production of cast iron by 4.3% to 279 thousand tons and increased the production of metal rolling by 7.4% to 282 thousand tons, all in relation to January 2012. This... 05.02.2013  00:01

• At Ilyich’s MMK, the production of metal rolling is growing In January 2013, the Mariupol Metallurgical Plant named after Ilyich Group Metinvest increased the production of metal rolling by 1.3% to 356 thousand 700 tons, compared with January 2012. In January 2013, the Ilyich MMC produced 436 thousand 200 tons of steel, which is 4.8% less than in... 05.02.2013  00:01

• Ashinsky Metallurgical Plant determined the direction of further development On the fourth of February 2013, at a meeting of the board of directors of the Ashinsky Metallurgical Plant OJSC, the production plan for 2013 was consideration. During the discussions, the most important stages of development of a metallurgical enterprise for the period of the current year were... 05.02.2013  00:01

• Iron ore reserves in Chinese ports are reduced further The inventory of the amount of iron ore in 36 Chinese ports showed that its remains on February 1, 2013 are less than 78 million 850 thousand tons, which is 1 million 900 thousand tons less than a week earlier. Of the total reserves, about 2 million 400 thousand tons of iron ore raw materials were... 05.02.2013  00:01

• Trade Unions beat the alarm - in Ukraine they want to close 35 mines The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine and private owners plan to suspend production, preserve and finally close 35 coal mines, said Mikhail Volynets at a press conference, at a press conference. Today there is an approved list of mines to be closed, the leader of the trade union claims. "There... 04.02.2013  00:01

• In Russia, they are preparing to sell cast iron and steel on the exchange Today, at a meeting with journalists, Deputy Head of the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) of Russia Andrei Kashevarov spoke about the prospects for organizing ferrous metals exchange trade. Firstly, ferrous metals are a rather complicated product, said Andrei Kashevarov. And secondly,... 04.02.2013  00:01

• Ukrainian Dniproospetsstal took fourth place in the ranking of leading manufacturers of stainless steel The DniproSpetsstal -M trading house took the fourth line of the rating of Russian sales companies engaged in the sale of stainless steel products in 2012. This was reported by the Association "Special Brown". Special experts made a rating of stainless steel suppliers in the Russian market to... 04.02.2013  00:01

• Take -off prices for reinforcement in Egypt is caused by oscillations of the dollar exchange rate In January 2013, the prices for reinforcing steel in Egypt rose by more than 10%. Prices are also rising for the rest of the metal production, especially imported. About this writes Daily News Egypt. Egyptian steel companies raised steel prices to 4850 EGP (Egyptian pounds) in January, compared... 04.02.2013  00:01

• The world demand for copper will grow by 5% in 2013 - Southern Copper Corporation The world's largest integrated copper manufacturer Southern Copper Corporation (CSS) suggests that the growth of copper demand in 2013 will be more than 5%, including due to strong consumption in China and developing economies. "The demand for copper has repeatedly suffered from adverse... 04.02.2013  00:01