Metallurgy news

• The decline in industrial production in Ukraine in 2012 reached 1.8% According to the results of the 2012 calendar, the decline in industrial production in Ukraine amounted to 1.8% compared to 2011, the State Statistics Service of Ukraine reports. In December last year, the drop in industrial production reached 7.6% compared to December 2011 and 3.9% compared to... 18.01.2013  09:50

• Evraz published production results for 2012 The volume of steel and metal production in 2012 on Evraza decreased by 5 and 4%, respectively, in relation to the results of the previous year. The release of cast iron also fell by 2.1 %. In the last quarter of 2012, it became 5.9 % less than in the third quarter, and the production of cast iron... 18.01.2013  08:10

• Prices for metal rolling and diesel generators in Europe are rising European manufacturers of reinforcement and katanki announced an increase in export prices. The main reason they called the growth of production costs, including the purchase of scrap metal. About this writes Metal Bulletin (London). As it became known, the Spanish, Italian and Portuguese... 18.01.2013  00:01

• Daily production of steel in China increased by 3.8% According to the Chinese Association of ferrous metallurgy, the daily production volume became its members at the beginning of January amounted to 1 million 674 thousand 900 tons, which is 3.8% more than in the last week of December 2012. It is reported by the China Daily publication. Meanwhile,... 18.01.2013  00:01

• The Chinese authorities questioned the motives of the European Commission The Chinese Ministry of Trade called posterity an investigation into the European Commission regarding illegal subsidies allegedly received by Chinese metallurgists. This is stated in the message of the China Daily newspaper. The Chinese authorities suspect that the “true goal of the statement o... 18.01.2013  00:01

• In Turkey, the largest increase in steel production in the world has been registered The General Secretary of the Turkish Association of Chugun manufacturers and became DCUD Weisel Yayan, said that in 2012, steel growth in Turkey amounted to 5.11%. This became known at the press conference of the Association in Izmir. Mr. Weisel Yayan emphasized that the achieved increase in... 18.01.2013  00:01

• In 2012, Zaporizhstal transferred 1 billion 80 million hryvnias to the budget of Ukraine In 2012, Metinvest Zaporizhstal Metallurgical Plant transferred 1 billion 80 million hryvnias to the budgets of all levels, which is 117 million UAH more than in 2011. This is stated in the message of the plant. About half of the funds transferred to the Pension Fund of Ukraine, emphasize at... 18.01.2013  00:01

• Metinvest will put 30 thousand tons of rails for Ukrainian railways On January 11, 2013, the state enterprise Ukrzaliznipstach signed an agreement with Metinvest-Ukraine LLC for the supply of 30 thousand tons of railway rails totaling 322 million 710 thousand UAH. This was reported by the publication "Our Money" with reference to the "Bulletin of the State... 18.01.2013  00:01

• The Taranto Prosecutor's Office will challenge the legality of the permission of the ILVA to the ILVA to continue to pollute the environment On January 14, 2013, the Court of Appeal of the Italian Port City of Taranto satisfied the request of the local prosecutor’s office to consider on the merits the constitutionality of the government decree, according to which the ILVA metallurgical plant was allowed to continue the production of s... 17.01.2013  13:12

• The global crisis is not terrible to us - indicators of growth of production of steel in the Dnipropetrovsk region are the highest on earth In the twelve months of 2012, enterprises of the Dnipropetrovsk region increased the production of the main types of metal products by 5 - 7%. At least this is said in a press release from the Dnipropetrovsk regional state administration. The production of cast iron in 2012 in the region... 17.01.2013  07:10