Metallurgy news

• Turkey takes protective measures against rolled metal imports Turkey has decided to introduce preliminary tariffs for rolled metal imported to the Turkish market, regardless of its origin. A certain tariff quota is assumed, above which imported rolled metal products are subject to a duty of 25%. The preliminary measure will be in effect for 200 days from the... 24.09.2018  09:27

• Paramjit Kalon named the main reasons affecting the investment climate in Ukraine At the conference of the European Business Association (EBA) in Kiev, the General Director of PJSC ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih and member of the EBA Management Board, Paramjit Kalon, named five main challenges that, in his opinion, foreign investors face in Ukraine. The first thing that is... 21.09.2018  13:06

• South Korea imposes duties on imported stainless steel products South Korea's trade commission said Thursday that it has imposed preliminary anti-dumping duties on stainless steel rods from Taiwan and Italy, saying cheap imports have seriously damaged the domestic industry. The Korea Trade Commission under the Ministry of Commerce said it would recommend... 21.09.2018  10:21

• Trump says he wants to protect steelmakers. Why are they unhappy? Thanks to tariffs, US steel prices are up 30 percent this year. Major steelmakers such as US Steel are set to post $ 2 billion in profit in 2018, having lost $ 1.7 billion over the past three years. With the corporate tax rate recently slashed from 35 percent to 21 percent, steelmakers are set to... 21.09.2018  09:57

• ArcelorMittal ready to sell three Italian steel mills The acquisition of Ilva's assets was conditionally approved by the EU in early May, subject to the divestiture of certain assets, the Italian authorities later postponed the takeover. Although, initially it was expected that the deal will be completed by the end of the second quarter of this year.... 21.09.2018  09:37

• Metinvest has developed software that helps it save $ 20 million annually In the summer of 2011, Metinvest began digital transformation and implementation of the SAP platform (Systems, Applications and Products in Data Processing. Systems, Applications, Products for Data Processing). The company did not limit itself to automating processes through standard applications... 20.09.2018  19:56

• A worker was fatally injured at the Zaporozhye iron ore plant On September 20, 2018, at the mine "Operational" of the PJSC "Zaporozhye Iron Ore Plant", there was a sudden detachment of the rock mass from the roof of the mine at the horizon of 873 meters, which injured an employee of the enterprise born in 1979. According to the press service of the plant,... 20.09.2018  19:45

• Production of iron ore concentrate in Iran is growing According to a report by the Iranian Ministry of Mines and Reconstruction (IMIDRO), production of iron ore concentrate in Iran increased by 19 percent in the first five months of the current Iranian calendar year (starting March 21) compared to the same period last year. Iran produced 18.42... 20.09.2018  12:50

• EU steel mills raise prices At the end of July, steel prices began to rise as customers ordered steel to replenish stocks in order to increase supplies after the summer break. Growth in Northern Europe was rather modest, while in Italy and Spain it was more pronounced. The market was relatively calm in August due to the... 20.09.2018  12:42

• PJSC "ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih" modernizes the energy infrastructure of the enterprise PJSC ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih has built a new blast-furnace gas pipeline with a length of more than one kilometer and a cost of over UAH 134 million. Now the commissioning and transfer to the balance sheet are being completed, after which the gas pipeline will be put into operation. The new gas... 20.09.2018  09:58