Metallurgy news

• ArcelorMittal Polish Low Carbon Plants ArcelorMittal Launches XCarb Initiatives to Support the Drive for Low Carbon Steel Manufacturing. Green certifications, low-carbon scrap steel and a carbon-free technology development fund will be respected. Poland has a role to play in this activity - Polish factories are beginning to test the use... 24.03.2021  12:16

• EU steel deficit will persist throughout 2021 EU steel market participants say import volumes are already at “historic lows” and that expanding safeguards is pointless as European steel mills are unable to meet demand. “Imports of any kind of steel have never been so low. Over the past two years, imports have steadily decreased, ”he said. on... 23.03.2021  10:01

• DMK production results in February Dniprovsky Steel Works in February 2021 reduced the volume of production of commercial metal products by 192,813 tons, informs the economic planning department of the plant. Last month, the target was fulfilled only in the rolling shop. Agglomeration, blast-furnace and converter production... 23.03.2021  09:29

• MMK strengthens its position in the Uzbek market In 2020, MMK supplied 415.6 thousand tons of metal products to the Republic of Uzbekistan, which is slightly less than the same indicator in 2019. The share of this largest Central Asian country amounted to 82% in the total volume of shipments to the countries of Central Asia, and 35% in the volume... 23.03.2021  09:25

• Metinvest acquires shares of ShSMU-1 and Ukrbud The parent company of the international vertically integrated mining and metallurgical group Metinvest is Metinvest B.V. (Netherlands), acquires shares of PJSC "Shakhtostroymontazhnoe management No. 1" (ShSMU-1, Lysovka village, Pokrovsky district, Donetsk region) and PJSC "Avtopredpriyatie (AP)"... 22.03.2021  10:55

• Severstal to increase production of rolled metal products for the automotive industry Severstal has implemented an innovative laser butt-welding machine at the continuous hot-dip galvanizing unit (ANGTs) in the rolling mill of the Cherepovets Steel Works. The installation allows welding of metal strips without exceeding the thickness of the strip in the joint zone while ensuring... 22.03.2021  10:49

• Several steel producers are interested in NINL Tata Steel, ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India and ESL Steel from Vedanta may participate in a strategic divestiture from Neelachal Ispat Nigam Ltd. On January 8, the Cabinet of Ministers Committee on Economic Affairs made a decision in principle to withdraw the 93.71% stake in NINL. strategic buyer... 22.03.2021  10:35

• UK government develops plans to rescue Liberty Steel The British government is considering intervening and using public funds to sustain production, akin to the support provided by British Steel in 2019. In May 2019, British Steel was forcibly liquidated and transferred to the Official Beneficiary, an employee of the government agency, the Bankruptcy... 22.03.2021  10:27

• ArcelorMittal's new initiatives to reduce emissions ArcelorMittal announced the launch of its first three XCarb ™ initiatives as part of its goal of achieving zero emissions by 2050. These three initiatives include certifications for sustainable steel XCarb ™, recycled and renewable XCarb ™ and XCarb ™. innovation fund. The new brand will benef... 19.03.2021  11:11

• Ukrainian pipe producers reduced output of ferrous metal products The main pipe enterprises of Ukraine in the first two months of this year reduced the production of pipes from ferrous metals, according to operational data, by 10.3% compared to the same period last year - to 123.1 thousand tons. As reported in the Ukrtruboprom association, in particular, the... 19.03.2021  10:54