Metallurgy news

• Americans started exporting gas to China The first US LNG tanker arrives at the Jantian port in southern China. Thus, the Americans are giving up the glove of the local market supplier of raw materials. Interestingly, the US LNG tanker was originally supposed to sail for South America, but changed course after the Chinese recipient... 25.08.2016  12:43

• Turkmenistan is an important partner for Ukraine An article published by the Neutral Turkmenistan newspaper cites the words of Valentin Shevalev, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to Ashgabat, according to which Turkmenistan is one of the most important trading partners in the Central Asian region. The article specifies... 25.08.2016  12:27

• Ranking of world steel producers in July 2016 According to the latest statistics released by the World Steel Association, the global crude steel output of the 66 countries reporting to the Association totaled 133.742 million tonnes in July this year. The monthly release is down slightly from the release recorded during the same month last... 25.08.2016  12:07

• China removes anti-dumping duties on steel exports from Japan and the EU China's Ministry of Commerce said it was lifting anti-dumping duties on seamless stainless steel pipes imported from Japan and the European Union. Anti-dumping duties on imports of stainless seamless pipes from Japan and the EU have been imposed since November 9, 2012, the ministry said on its... 24.08.2016  12:58

• World Steel: June output of pig iron decreased by 2% Statistics released by the World Steel Association show that global production of blast furnace iron fell 2% in June this year. Production was 97.536 million tonnes for the month, up from 99.472 million tonnes in the previous month. The semi-annual output amounted to 572.161 million tons. It... 24.08.2016  12:40

• What is the economic reality in Ukraine and Russia? In fact, the economic situation in both countries is dramatic. Ukraine is slipping into a serious economic crisis than ever before. By 2008, it had grown to a modest GDP of $ 4,000 per capita; in 2009, the financial crisis caused a collapse to $ 2,600. By 2013, Ukraine reached its highest level of... 24.08.2016  12:08

• Ukraine: we live without Russian gas The Ukrainian authorities announced that they do not plan to buy gas from Russia this year either. "We are negotiating with 10 major gas suppliers in Europe, - said the head of Naftogaz Andriy Kobolev, - this allows us to protect Ukraine in the coming heating season." Since November, Ukraine has... 23.08.2016  14:24

• Asian steel companies expect margins to decline - Moody's Moody's recently released research paper on the Asian metals industry stated that revenues for Asian steelmakers are likely to decline due to declining production volumes and weak margins. The agency continues to maintain a negative outlook for the Asian steel industry. However, the Indian steel... 23.08.2016  13:06

• Increased global steel production World crude steel production stood at 133.742 million tonnes in July this year, an increase of 1.4 percent over the previous year. However, for seven months of 2016, Worldsteel recorded a decrease of 1.2 percent to 929.633 million tons. Output The Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)... 23.08.2016  12:46

• Zaporizhstal conducts active environmental modernization of the sinter plant Zaporizhstal is completing work on the foundation, as a result of which more than 300 tons of metal structures have been assembled. At the moment, the installation of gas cleaning equipment for sinter machine No. 6 is underway. This is the last sintering machine of the plant, which will be equipped... 22.08.2016  11:56