Metallurgy news

• The Customs Union cancels the quotation of some types of stainless pipes As a result of a repeated investigation against stainless steel pipes up to 426 mm inclusive, imported to the territory of the Customs Union, the collegium of the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) decided the cancellation of some positions. The decision of November 26, 2013, in particular,... 28.11.2013  18:33

• Explosion at a steel factory in the southwest of Japan Three people were injured, one died of serious burns, and the rest with minor injuries, after the explosion at the Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation corporation, in the south-west of Japan. The authorities reported that they were conducting their investigation, which should find out the... 28.11.2013  11:08

• Three cities in Habei Province close steel objects In the leading metallurgical province of China Habei, 10 domain furnaces and 16 converters at 8 metallurgical enterprises began dismantling. Habei was concentrated in the cities of Tanshan, Handan and Chende and occupied a leading position in China for 12 years in a row. The trends in the fight... 28.11.2013  10:08

• In 2014, coal imports in Ukraine can be increased to 14 million tons The Cabinet of Ministers is trying to ensure the effective and stable functioning of the main sectors of the Ukrainian economy, which is undergoing far from the best times. In order to maintain domestic manufacturers, the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade turned to the government with a... 27.11.2013  18:42

• The Metallurgical Association of Kazakhstan demanded that the government prohibit the export of scrap metal from the country According to the Association of Mining and Mining and Metallurgical Enterprises of Kazakhstan, more than 30 percent of the total scrap metal is exported from the country. Only last year, as a result of free export, the deficit of this raw material amounted to more than 800 thousand tons. Given the... 27.11.2013  16:35

• Not everything is so bad in the Netherlands - Metinvest by 31 percent increased net profit According to the largest metallurgical company of Ukraine Metinvest, its maternal company registered and paying the main profit in the Netherlands Metinvest B.V. It increased net profit in the first six months of the current year by 31 percent to 443 million US dollars compared to APPG-2012. This... 27.11.2013  15:30

• Posco bought 10 percent of the maintenance of the missile plant in Brazil The steel South Korean giant Posco signed an agreement on the purchase for 1.9 billion of reais of a 10 percent share in the Brazilian metallurgical company Companhia Siderúrgica de Suape (CSS). It is known that this enterprise intends to begin the construction of a new rolling camp next year, ... 27.11.2013  12:48

• Chinese steel products are not an obvious threat to Russia's metallurgists In the first nine months of 2013, exports from China to Russia amounted to 1.49 million tons worth 2.1 billion US dollars, which indicates a 9 percent increase in annual calculus. This amounted to about 4.3 percent of the Russian market, compared with 3.7 percent in 2011 and 3.4 percent in... 27.11.2013  12:19

• The THYSSENKRUPP plant in the United States will be sold for 1970 million dollars Nikkei Japanese newspaper reported in its online publication, without link to sources that Thyssenkrupp will sell its steel plant in the United States to the ArcelorMittal and Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal consortium, making a $ 197 million deal. In addition, information appeared that the... 27.11.2013  10:30

• South Korean manufacturers called on asean to facilitate the order of import The lobbying group of South Korean manufacturers began to apply to the body representing the metallurgists of the six countries of Southeast Asia, including Indonesia. South Korean companies are trying to weaken the adjustment mechanisms developed by ASEAN members directed against the import of... 26.11.2013  18:32