Metallurgy news

• U.S. Steel Production Drops 1.3 Percent In First Week Of October US steel production in early October continued to decline after a slight increase in August. According to the American Steel Institute AISI, during the week ended October 10, 2015, steel production in the states was 1.705 million tons using metallurgical capacity at 71.3 percent. Compared to the... 13.10.2015  11:48

• Industry Canada Warns of Potential Lawsuit Against US Steel Canada Industry Canada has warned that the federal government will sue US Steel Canada if the company fails to meet its obligations to retirees. “It is unacceptable that US Steel Canada is abandoning these workers and their families,” James Moore said in a statement released Monday. “These commi... 13.10.2015  11:26

• Worldsteel expects a 27 percent drop in steel consumption in Ukraine The World Metallurgical Association Worldsteel predicts a reduction in steel consumption in Ukraine by the end of 2015 by 27 percent to 3.1 million tons, with an increase of 9 percent in 2016 to 3.4 percent. This was announced during the 49th annual conference, held in Chicago on October 11-13, by... 13.10.2015  10:07

• Sergey Kurchenko wants to buy Khartsyzsk pipe plant? Residents of Khartsyzsk on Monday held a picket near the administration building of the local pipe plant KhTZ, owned by Rinat Akhmetov's Metinvest group. Like Donetsk news agency reports , about 100 people protested against the prospect of acquiring KhTZ by Ukrainian businessman Serhiy... 12.10.2015  21:06

• US Steel Exports Increase Slightly In August The latest data released by the US government shows that steel exports from that country increased by 1.7 percent in August from the previous month. However, on an annualized basis, the drop in US steel exports remains at 21 percent. The USA sent 749,762 tons of metal products abroad in August... 12.10.2015  16:12

• Energy blockade of Crimea is completed today The activists allowed the specialists of Ukrenergo to repair the power line support through which electricity is supplied to Crimea. As of October 12, electricity supplies to Crimea go through the 330 kV Kakhovka-Dzhankoy overhead line and the Kakhovka-Titan 220 kV overhead line, the energy... 12.10.2015  14:32

• Latin American countries record 5 percent growth in Chinese steel imports Latin American countries imported 5.7 million tonnes of total steel from China in the first eight months of this year. Shipments were up 5 percent over the previous year. Imports of finished rolled products to the region amounted to 5.4 million tonnes, which is 3 percent less than in the same... 12.10.2015  13:16

• JSW Steel increased steel production by 6 percent One of the largest metallurgical companies in India increased steel production in the first half of 2015-16 fiscal year (April-September) by 6 percent compared to the same period last year (APPC) to 6.65 million tons. At the same time, in the second quarter (July - September), steel production... 12.10.2015  13:07

• Employees mobilized to ATO return to "Turboatom" General Director of PJSC "Turboatom" Viktor Subbotin presented awards to the workers of the plant who took part in the anti-terrorist operation (ATO) in the Donbass and Luhansk regions. The solemn event is timed to the "Defender of the Fatherland Day", which this year, according to the President of... 12.10.2015  12:23

• In Great Britain, the rescue of the metallurgical industry was instructed by the builders The steel industry in Great Britain, almost completely crushed by the "green" policy of David Cameron's cabinet, will be rescued by the country's construction corporations. At least such a strange idea in the spirit of "drowning yourself in the marsh of another" was voiced by the deputies of the... 12.10.2015  12:10