Metallurgy news

• China's monthly steel production stabilizes at 66 million tonnes In October, China smelted 66.12 million tons of steel, which is in line with production in September, but 3.1 percent lower than in October 2014. Nevertheless, taking into account the fact that there are more days in October for a day, and the average daily steel production in China is 2.2 million... 11.11.2015  11:28

• Azovstal stops pig iron production The Mariupol metallurgical plant Azovstal of Rinat Akhmetov's Metinvest group sharply reduced the output of the main types of metal products and stopped the production of pig iron due to the fall in demand and the collapse of prices in the world market. This was reported by the press service of... 11.11.2015  11:08

• Bloomberg: Kremlin wants to block Kiev's next IMF payment November 11, Kiev. At stake is the question of Kiev receiving the next payment of $ 1.7 billion from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Bloomberg correspondent Andrei Mayeda reports. The Kremlin is exploring the possibility of blocking further lending by the fund to Ukraine if the latter... 11.11.2015  10:46

• At MMK named after Ilyich began the third stage of reconstruction of the sinter plant The reconstruction of the gas cleaning equipment of the sinter plant of the Ilyich Mariupol Metallurgical Plant is proceeding according to plan. This was announced by the general director of the plant Yuri Zinchenko. “Since yesterday, we have been carrying out a major overhaul of sinter machine N... 10.11.2015  19:27

• Verkhovna Rada deputies allowed local elections to be held in Mariupol on November 29 The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine did not support the holding of elections in Mariupol on November 15, but found 233 votes in favor of holding elections on November 29. The Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada, Groisman, needed to carry out several attempts at the so-called "signal" vote. As the deputy of... 10.11.2015  19:15

• On December 3, Kiev will host the IV National Conference of Steel Construction Market Participants As part of the event, more than 200 construction industry experts will discuss topical issues in the development of the steel construction segment, as well as promising directions for expanding the sales channels of Ukrainian metal builders. The conference participants will get acquainted with... 10.11.2015  18:05

• Interpipe reiterated that there were no debts for gas Ukraine's largest pipe company Intrepipe by billionaire Viktor Pinchuk made an advance payment of UAH 60 million for gas for November and as of November 1 has no gas debts, the company's press service reported on Tuesday. The prepayment was transferred in accordance with the existing contracts... 10.11.2015  15:09

• Dnipropetrovsk Regional State Administration announced a steady increase in production in the mining and metallurgical complex In October, the metallurgists of the Dnepropetrovsk region increased the production of pig iron, rolled products, iron ore and coke. This was reported in the Dnepropetrovsk regional state administration with reference to the data of the association of metallurgical enterprises... 10.11.2015  13:05

• In Donetsk, they dream of resuming flights from the destroyed airport. Prokofiev According to the head of the civil aviation department of the Ministry of Transport, the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) Pavel Turevsky, one of the aprons of the international Donetsk airport named after Sergei Prokofiev is in a state acceptable for air traffic, from it "only one... 10.11.2015  12:25

• PJSC "Zaporizhstal" has started the final stage of the sinter plant reconstruction project On November 5, 2015, the Metinvest Group's Zaporozhye Metallurgical Plant stopped sinter machine No. 3 to connect the main gas cleaning equipment. The next step is to stop and connect the gas purifiers of sintering machines No. 4, No. 5 and No. 6. As a result, all six sintering machines will be... 10.11.2015  09:36