30/ 09/ 2021

Nippon Steel will build the world's first natural gas and electricity tanker

The vessel is scheduled to enter service in February 2024. It will be powered by Japan's first gas engine and lithium-ion battery with a total capacity of 2847 kWh.

30/ 09/ 2021

Metinvest starts overhaul of sintering machine at Dnipro Metallurgical Combine

As a result, the new owner of the plant plans not only to reduce dust emissions, but also to increase sinter production by 550 tons per day.

30/ 09/ 2021

In Europe, the stainless steel market unexpectedly "sank" - MEPS

Many stainless steel buyers in the European market have begun to question the wisdom of a pre-order at the current price ...

29/ 09/ 2021

Pobuzhsky ferronickel plant reduced production due to repair of ore-thermal furnace

In 2021, the company plans to allocate UAH 172.7 million for equipment modernization.

29/ 09/ 2021

Climate policy of the European Union will result in sky-high steel prices - expert opinion

While the European steel market is showing signs of stabilization and cooling, buyers should get used to higher steel prices, says Iwona Dybal, President of the Polish Union of Steel ...

29/ 09/ 2021

European steel mills plan to raise steel prices in October

The cost of electricity for the production of rolled metal in the EU continues to grow, and metallurgists intend to shift the record high energy costs to the consumer. Buyers of metal products are outraged and pin their hopes on imports, which the EU has tightly quota for.

28/ 09/ 2021

Zaporozhye iron ore plant modernized crushing and sorting plant

At the moment, individual tests of the equipment have already been completed and now the CH870i crusher, manufactured by the Swedish company SANDVIK, is to be comprehensively tested under load.

27/ 09/ 2021

The metallurgical lobby and the people's deputies of Ukraine demand a moratorium on the export of scrap from Zelensky

Volodymyr Zelenskyy is asked to instruct the Cabinet of Ministers and the Ministry of Economy to take all measures to introduce a temporary ban on the export of scrap metal from Ukraine as soon as possible until December 31 ...

27/ 09/ 2021

Unions of the metallurgical plant US Steel Košice achieve higher wages

US Steel Košice signed an amendment to the collective bargaining agreement with trade unions providing for additional payments to metallurgists and strict labor regulations that prevent unjustified recycling.

24/ 09/ 2021

Poland's largest coal exporter plans to invest in the steel industry

The new strategy of Węglokoks will include, among other things, investments in the metallurgical part of the capital group, the company said. Deputy Asset Minister Artur Sobon believes that economies of scale and synergy resulting from the joint strategy of the Węglokoks plants should ensure their profitability.

24/ 09/ 2021

Kamensky Mayor's Office asked Akhmetov and Novinsky to pay UAH 1.5 billion of DMK's environmental debts

The deputies of the Kamensk City Council reminded the owners of Metinvest of the need to finance the "environmental debts" of the former Dnieper Metallurgical Plant.

24/ 09/ 2021

Russia reduced the export of ferrous metals by 12.7%

The Russian government issued a decree in June introducing export duties on ferrous and non-ferrous metals from August 1 to December 31.