Metallurgy news

• Interpipe hired the top manager of Russian Pepsikola as HR director Viktor Pinchuk's metallurgical company INTERPIPE announced the appointment of Igor Basai as HR Director. From May 29, the HR department of the Ukrainian industrial company will be headed by the HR director of the production segment of PepsiCo Russia, the press service of the company... 13.06.2017  16:33

• Implications of Trump's Climate Policy Action Donald Trump justified his decision to withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement by arguing that compliance would impose a crippling economic burden on the United States. Trump reaffirmed his intention to make fossil fuels the centerpiece of the country's energy policy. The speeches against the... 13.06.2017  11:37

• Outokumpu modernizes stainless steel rod production In June, the new plant will begin production of stainless steel rods at the Swedish Dangerfors plant in Degerfors. The modernization includes, among others, the rebar straightening equipment launched this spring. Outokumpu can now supply rods in sizes from 70 to 300 mm. The new line... 13.06.2017  10:54

• Dniprovsky Metallurgical Plant: the main workshops are standing still, but work is underway at the plant Dneprovsky Metallurgical Plant decided to explain to the residents of Ukraine, who are actively interested in the life of the metallurgical plant, the situation with the dismantling of metal structures on the territory of the plant and the prospects for resuming the operation of the... 12.06.2017  16:15

• Copper mines in Chile suspend mining due to bad weather Heavy rain, snow and wind in northern Chile have suspended operations at the world's largest copper mine, Escondid, of BHP Billiton's subsidiary Codelco. At the same time, Chile's National Council of Copper claims that they have also ceased mining activities for Chuckquicamata, Radomiro, Tomic... 12.06.2017  12:05

• China's Steel Exports Fall YoY Statistics showed that China exported 6.98 million tons of steel in May 2017, decreasing exports by 25.9% over the same period last year. In January-May this year, China's steel exports amounted to 34.19 million tons, down 25.7% over the same period last year. In May this year, China imported... 12.06.2017  11:48

• US Scrap Exports Increase YoY According to US trade statistics, in April 2017, US scrap metal exports totaled 1.177 million tonnes, up 27.4% year-on-year and 29.7% month-over-month. Exports of scrap metal from the United States to Turkey totaled 315,000 tons, an increase of 21.4% over the same period last year. Exports to... 11.06.2017  12:07

• Australia launches anti-dumping investigation on wire imports from three countries According to the Australian Anti-Dumping Committee, Australia has launched an anti-dumping investigation on wire imports from Indonesia, South Korea and Vietnam. Products that were served to Australian consumers were shipped below regular prices in Australia. As a result of low prices and... 11.06.2017  10:58

• Mexico imposes anti-dumping duties on steel suppliers from Taiwan and China Taipei, June 10. Mexico imposed anti-dumping duties on some steel exporters from Taiwan and China, believing that these firms were selling their products at unreasonably low prices in its market, according to the Ministry of Economy. The Ministry of Economy said that Mexico took this step,... 11.06.2017  10:37

• Transit of Russian gas through Ukraine has grown The size of Russian gas transit to the EU through Ukraine from January 1 to June 1, 2017 rose to the highest level in the last 5 years. The transit of Russian natural gas through Ukraine's transmission system in the first five months of 2017 increased by 22 percent compared to the same period in... 10.06.2017  12:27