Metallurgy news

• European steel sheet exhibition EuroBLECH postponed to next year EuroBLECH, one of the most important biennial exhibitions in the European steel sheet industry, will be postponed until March 9-12, 2021 after major exhibitors have left the event. Organizer Mack Brooks Exhibitions said the virtual summit will take place October 27-30 to provide exhibitors with... 09.07.2020  11:59

• Steel production in Ukraine decreased in January-June Ukraine produced about 10 million tonnes of steel in the first half of 2020, reducing production by 7.6% compared to the same period last year. During the same period, Ukraine also produced 10 million tons of pig iron and 9 million tons of steel products, down 2.6% and 4.7% year on year,... 09.07.2020  11:51

• Sanzheev Gupta renews interest in metallurgical plant in Port Talbot Steel entrepreneur Sandjiev Gupta said he intends to acquire a metallurgical plant in Port Talbot if the business is put up for sale. In an interview with Moneycontrol, steel mogul Gupta, who is the executive chairman of the Liberty Steel Group, said he would consider an acquisition if Port Talbot... 08.07.2020  13:20

• Severstal ships 100,000 tonnes of iron ore pellets to a Brazilian company Karelsky Okatysh, a division of PJSC Severstal and a leading Russian iron ore mining and processing plant, has supplied iron ore pellets to Brazil for the first time in its history. More than 100,000 tonnes are supplied to Companhia Siderurgica Nacional, the largest fully integrated steel producer... 08.07.2020  13:12

• Tata Steel highlights potential for domestic steel market in India India-based Tata Steel spoke about the potential of the domestic steel market in India. By participating in the India Post-COVID-19 Series of Webinars hosted by IIM Indore and the Free Press Journal, T.V. Narendran, CEO and Managing Director, Tata Steel noted that India is currently a producer... 08.07.2020  13:09

• POSCO Delays Blast Furnace Launch Again South Korean steelmaker POSCO has again postponed the resumption date for its third blast furnace due to the global recession caused by the coronavirus pandemic. POSCO had planned to reopen the third blast furnace in Gwangyang at the end of May after repairs and maintenance, but it postponed the... 07.07.2020  09:40

• MMK integrates Lysva Metallurgical Plant into its corporate information system MMK Group has successfully completed the next stage of a large-scale project to transfer key Group organizations to a single corporate information system based on Oracle E-Business Suite. On July 1, 2020, MMK, together with Oracle, put into commercial operation the MMK-Lysva Metallurgical Plant.... 07.07.2020  09:35

• Metinvest will cooperate with BSTDB Metinvest announced that the Group is in the final stages of negotiations with the Black Sea Trade and Development Bank regarding a seven-year € 62 million credit line approved by the BSTDB Board of Directors. Metinvest plans to use the funds to implement the investment program and replenish w... 07.07.2020  09:32

• Coal imports are still vital to the German metallurgy industry The production of electricity in Germany by burning coal has dropped significantly over the past couple of years. The government's resolve to move away from coal as an energy source no later than 2038 as part of a larger climate protection program will inevitably accelerate this trend. The... 06.07.2020  11:07

• The world's longest suspension bridge will connect Europe and Asia The Canakkale 1915 Bridge, slated to open in 2023, will first become a steel infrastructure spanning the Dardanelles, which separates the European and Asian continents. While the Turkish government is undertaking an ambitious infrastructure investment program, parts of the country are being... 06.07.2020  10:41