Metallurgy news

• South Africa plans to declare copper precious metal Andris Nel, Deputy Minister of the South African government, said during intense debate in Johannesburg that the administration intends to designate copper as a precious metal. The decision has been agreed and championed by many institutions, including the logistics giant. TRANSNET, owned by the... 08.10.2014  09:55

• CIS Plants Fight Against Falling Steel Billet Prices Over the past month, CIS enterprises have been waging a difficult struggle against weak demand and a huge amount of supplies at very cheap offers from China. It became known that Ukrainian and Russian factories are trying to keep prices for billets around $ 500 per tonne FOB, but without much... 07.10.2014  11:52

• Nucor receives approval to acquire Gallatin Steel The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has approved the $ 770 million acquisition of Gallatin Steel in Ghent, Kentucky, based on an agreement reached between Nucor Corporation and Arcelor Mittal and Gerdau SA. The acquisition will provide a significant boost to the flat-rolled product of the... 07.10.2014  11:09

• Worldsteel downgrades steel demand forecast for 2014 and 2015 The forecast published by the World Steel Association (Worldsteel) has been revised downward in global steel demand in 2014-2015. The positive momentum in the second half of 2013 abated in 2014, and steel demand in emerging economies weakened substantially throughout the year, according to the... 07.10.2014  09:45

• Ebola threatens gold mining companies Deutsche Bank warns that the further spread of the deadly Ebola fever in Africa makes gold miners the most vulnerable in the current situation. Among the gold mining companies operating on the continent, Randgold Resources is particularly vulnerable as the company's production is entirely... 06.10.2014  10:56

• Japan CRC shipments fell 4 percent The latest statistics released by the Japan Iron and Steel Federation (JISF) report that the country's cold rolled coil (CRC) shipments declined during the eight-month period of 2014. Japan's cold-rolled coil shipments totaled 4.23 million tonnes from January to August this year, down 3.9... 06.10.2014  10:15

• IREPAS predicts a 5.3 percent growth in rebar consumption this year The International Association of Rebar Manufacturers (IREPAS) predicts a steady increase in global consumption of long products, especially rebar. According to the association, developing countries will continue to drive global rebar consumption. Meanwhile, China accounts for more than half of the... 06.10.2014  09:34

• Steel demand in Europe should rise again Karl Ulrich Koehler, head of TATA Steel Europe, said that demand and prices for steel in Europe will rise again after several years of decline. Koehler said demand growth is expected to be 3 to 4 percent as the industry has already passed its trough in 2014. We expect prices to rise. However,... 04.10.2014  10:13

• Codelco is going to mine copper under the Chilean glacier The Andean glacier in Chile is threatened not only by global warming, but by the expansion of a government-owned copper mine. The world's largest copper producer, state-owned Codelco, has proposed a $ 6.8 billion plan to expand the Andina mine, which experts consider highly controversial. Now... 04.10.2014  10:07

• World's largest recycled aluminum center opens in Germany The world leader in rolled aluminum production, Novelis, has officially opened the world's largest recycling center for secondary aluminum at Nachterstedt, which is located next to the company's German rolling mill. The recycling center, worth $ 258 million, is expected to be able to process... 03.10.2014  10:58