Metallurgy news

• Severstal will increase its special steel production capacity Leading Russian steel mills, Severstal Russian Steel, have completed the modernization of the steel plant in Cherepovets, which is forecast to increase its production capacity by 500,000 tonnes per year, and mainly produced coiled steel, coated steel sheets and sheets, rebar and steel. pipes and... 18.08.2021  10:24

• ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih expresses condolences on the death of Kryvyi Rih mayor Konstantin Pavlov The team of "ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih" expresses its sincere condolences to the relatives, friends, colleagues of Konstantin Yuryevich Pavlov, all of Kryvyi Rih. Mauro Longobardi, General Director of ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih - We have lost a reliable partner in the implementation of... 17.08.2021  12:30

• Pig iron imports in Turkey decreased in the first half of 2021 According to the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK), imports of pig iron in Turkey amounted to about 553,000 tons in the first half of this year, down 10% from the same period a year ago. The import value amounted to about USD 292.2 million, which is 51.2% more than a year earlier. Among them,... 16.08.2021  09:18

• China Steel will raise prices next month China Steel Corp, the country's largest steelmaker, said yesterday it would raise domestic prices by 1.2 percent to reflect higher production costs and rising demand for steel after a two-month price freeze. The revised prices will take effect next month. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the CSC... 16.08.2021  09:16

• MMK opens an electric arc furnace shop in Turkey Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works (MMK) today launched an electric steelmaking shop with a casting and rolling module at MMK Metalurji in Iskenderun, Turkey. The presentation was attended by the general director of the parent company Pavel Shilyaev. MMK Metalurji, the Turkish asset of the... 13.08.2021  11:59

• China imposes restrictions on metallurgy in preparation for the Winter Olympics China's leading steel regional hub, Tangshan, will join the campaign to bring blue skies ahead of the Beijing Winter Olympics by limiting production and taking other measures to reduce pollution. Tangshan will expand existing steel restrictions by March 13 next year to ensure good air quality... 13.08.2021  11:46

• Severstal increases daily heats at Cherepovets plant The Cherepovets Metallurgical Plant (CherMK) completed a set of measures to increase the daily volume of converter steel melts from 82 to 86 The final project was the overhaul of the continuous casting plant No. 4 (UNRS-4). In particular, UNRS-4 was equipped with a new secondary cooling system,... 12.08.2021  12:43

• Janet Yellen intends to visit China Janet Yellen, the current US Treasury Secretary, is considering a visit to China in the next few months, an important milestone in assessing both countries' attitudes towards the trade war and whether the US will remove punitive tariffs on Chinese goods. However, the Delta Variant COVID threat... 12.08.2021  12:10

• ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih increased production by 7% in the first half of 2021 Kryvyi Rih, 11 August 2021 For the six months of this year, the production volume of ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih increased by 7% compared to the same period last year. The beginning of 2021 has not been easy for the mining and metallurgical industry, as prices for freight transport and raw materials... 12.08.2021  00:30

• Steel production in the ASEAN region is growing steadily The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) recently kicked off the latest wave of steel expansion, in which Malaysia initiated an engineering project to build new production facilities. Malaysian officials said the steel plant is projected to invest about US $ 3.269 billion and will be... 10.08.2021  15:22