Metallurgy news

• Arcelor Mittal advances lightweight steels for the automotive industry Arcelor Mittal has unveiled its latest developments in high-strength steels that will reduce the weight of a pickup truck chassis by almost one-quarter, thereby discouraging automakers from focusing on aluminum in deploying energy-efficient vehicles. The company has expanded the concept of... 21.09.2014  08:56

• Concern Kalashnikov will carry out a large-scale modernization Concern "Kalashnikov" has planned for the near future to carry out a large-scale modernization of production with the replacement of technological equipment. The total amount of investments is planned at the level of 4 billion rubles. The retooling program was presented on September 19th. According... 20.09.2014  10:07

• DiPOS Group of Companies launches its own production of welded gratings Quite recently, DiPOS Group of Companies announced that they intend to launch a new in-house production of welding deck in September 2014, which will be carried out using the latest Austrian equipment from EVG. It must be said that the new flooring, which is going to be put into production by... 20.09.2014  09:40

• African Minerals Says Ebola Will Not Affect Its Production Plans African Minerals sees no problem for its iron ore project in Sierra Leone due to the quarantine in this area September 19, Sierra Leone. Africa's largest mining company African Minerals believes that the three-day strict quarantine that has imposed its iron ore capacity in Sierra Leone will not... 19.09.2014  12:22

• Hebei Iron & Steel Group builds new steel plant in Africa The Chinese metallurgical company Hebei Iron & Steel Group, the largest metal producer in the country, plans to expand its own production capacity in the near future through the construction of a new plant in the Republic of South Africa. In particular, at the moment the company has already... 19.09.2014  10:49

• Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works starts selling social facilities Magnitogorsk Metallurgical Combine starts selling social facilities, Maxim Lapin, Director for Business Development and Efficiency Management of MMK, told Itar-Tass. According to the explanation of the company's management, the business of the plant is ferrous metallurgy, to which all funds and... 18.09.2014  14:57

• Almalyk MMC expands production capacity In Uzbekistan, the management of the Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Combine, located in the city of Navoi, has decided to expand production capacity by commissioning an additional melting furnace for copper production. The plant explains its decision by the need to implement the state program to... 18.09.2014  14:56

• A metallurgical mini-plant is planned to be built in Monchegorsk In Monchegorsk, they intend to build a metallurgical mini-plant, which will be based on the base of the Monchegorsk Mechanical Plant (MMZ), which has long ceased to operate. It is planned that the key activity of the mini-plant will be the production of grinding balls, the diameter of which will... 17.09.2014  15:42

• Tata Steel forced to import iron ore Due to the closure of Noamundi, the largest mine in the eastern state of Jharkhand, one of the most important steel companies in India, Tata Steel, will soon be forced to import a significant amount of iron ore for its Indian metallurgical enterprises. Due to the expiration of the license, the... 17.09.2014  15:41

• KZOTsM increases energy efficiency At the Kirov plant, the main specialization of which is the processing of non-ferrous metals (KZOTsM), which is part of the UMMC-OCM, measures are being taken to increase energy efficiency. This type of work is carried out as part of the implementation of the energy efficiency program, which the... 16.09.2014  13:58