15/ 03/ 2021

World stainless steel production declines 2.5% to 50.9 million tonnes in 2020

This is the first decline in global production after four years of consistent growth. In the major stainless steel producing countries, only China and Indonesia overcame the negative trend.

13/ 03/ 2021

Vadym Novynsky became the sixth Ukrainian billionaire on the Forbes list thanks to the rise in steel prices

Forbes has updated the rating of dollar billionaires of Ukraine, which includes the co-owner of Rinat Akhmetov in the Dutch mining and metallurgical holding Metinvest B.V.

13/ 03/ 2021

Metallurgical enterprises of Ukraine have reached the dock-like levels of rolled metal production

Steel production in January-February decreased by only a percentage point, while the output of finished rolled metal products increased slightly.

12/ 03/ 2021

Repairs of blast furnace air heaters are being completed at Dneprovsk Iron and Steel Works

The principle of operation of air heaters is based on the heating of the packing by burning a mixture of blast furnace and natural gases in the combustion chamber, followed by the supply of cold blast through the heated packing.

12/ 03/ 2021

Experts insist on the premature trading of scrap metal by Ukrzaliznytsia

Experts of the state enterprise Derzhzovnishinform note that auctions for the sale of scrap metal by the Ukrainian railway are held at prices almost 2 times lower than those at which Turkish companies buy raw materials.

11/ 03/ 2021

Thyssenkrupp Steel buys two new hydrogen furnaces

Walking beam furnaces will be installed in Duisburg to heat the steel plates for ...

11/ 03/ 2021

ArcelorMittal stops supplying rolled products to Liberty Steel galvanizing line in Europe

Prices for galvanizing in Europe after this event may soar above 1000 euros per ton, if there are no import offers.

11/ 03/ 2021

Dneprovsk Iron and Steel Works did not fulfill the production targets planned for February

The metallurgical plant in Kamenskoye has failed the targets for all types of products, including sinter and blast-furnace production.

11/ 03/ 2021

Ukrmetallurgprom supported the leadership of Ukrzaliznytsia on the path of reforms

According to the association, last year, thanks to the efforts of Ukrzaliznytsia, Ukrainian enterprises of the mining and metallurgical complex were able to significantly increase the export of iron ...

11/ 03/ 2021

The Salzgitter smelter in Lower Saxony starts smelting steel with hydrogen

Natural gas will play the role of a critical transition fuel to increase the input of initially small volumes of hydrogen over time in the conversion of work ...

10/ 03/ 2021

US steel prices continue to rise due to supply shortages

The price increases are supported by steelmakers who are limiting production and increasing lead ...

10/ 03/ 2021

Ukrzaliznytsia held 11 auctions for the sale of scrap metal worth half a billion hryvnia

Considering the unfavorable situation on the domestic market and high prices and further growth of prices for scrap in the export direction, Ukrzaliznytsia should have postponed the sale of scrap or, given the volume of sales, create conditions for the purchase of scrap by exporters.