Metallurgy news

• Nippon Steel Warns China Tightens Global Market Control Nippon Steel's executive vice president, Mr. Katsuhiro Miyamoto, said China intends to strengthen its position in the global steel market as its economy recovers from the coronavirus pandemic faster than its competitors and domestic businesses are expanding higher quality products. He said,... 31.08.2020  11:40

• Melting furnace stopped at Dneprospetsstal for overhaul Furnace No. 15 in KPTs was modernized in 2015 and became the “first sign” in a series of comprehensive programs to renew the plant's heating furnaces fleet. The old high thermal conductivity brick lining was replaced with a new one with minimal brick usage. The basis of the new lining was made up... 28.08.2020  12:46

• Voestalpine resumes steel production in Linz In early September, the Voestalpine Group will restart its small blast furnace in Linz, Austria, which has been temporarily shut down since March this year following a sharp drop in consumer demand caused by the coronavirus (COVID-19). The steel division of the voestalpine group produces... 27.08.2020  10:57

• North American steel production fell 28% North American steel production fell 28% in July from the same period last year, according to the latest data released by the World Steel Association. In July of this year, production was 7.209 million tons (million tons), compared with 10.019 million tons in the same month a year earlier. Total... 27.08.2020  10:56

• Ukraine in the world ranking of metallurgical production for 7 months of 2020 Pig iron production According to Worldsteel, for 7 months of 2020, metallurgical enterprises of the countries of the world produced 790,110,000 tons of pig iron, of which 743,620,000 tons were produced by the blast furnace method and 46,490,000 tons by the direct reduction method. The result... 26.08.2020  12:38

• German steel production to plummet again in July Crude steel production in Germany fell sharply for the fourth straight month in July to levels reached during the financial crisis, down 24.7% year on year to 2.4 million tonnes, German Steel Federation WV Stahl said. Compared to the previous month, steel production fell by 2.1%. Production in... 26.08.2020  12:34

• China's steel production hits record high in July China's steel sector posted a record high output last month due to soaring domestic demand from a host of infrastructure projects as the country introduced massive stimulus measures to help the economy recover from the COVID-19 outbreak, industry data showed. According to the China Iron and... 26.08.2020  12:25

• NLMK introduces QR codes for finished products and quality certificates NLMK Group has implemented a QR coding system for all types of flat and long products manufactured in Russia. The digital solution will allow the company to process documents and ship products faster, and to eliminate paperwork for customers. When scanned, a QR code posted on each NLMK product... 25.08.2020  10:09

• Tata Steel is still negotiating revival package with UK government Tata Steel Chairman N. Chandrasekaran, speaking at the 113th annual general meeting of the company, said that “Tata Steel UK is not profitable and continues to be a burden, so we are negotiating with the UK government. The negotiations are not over yet and that's all I can tell you at the moment. I... 25.08.2020  10:04

• Baowu will become the largest steel producer in the world by purchasing 51% of Taiyuan Iron & Steel Co China's largest steel producer China Baowu Steel Group has announced the acquisition of a 51 percent stake in Taiyuan Iron & Steel (Group) Co Ltd for RMB 14.5 billion (US $ 2.1 billion), bringing the total crude oil production capacity steel will increase to 111 million tons per year. ... The... 25.08.2020  09:58