Steel hot-rolled sheet prices in Russia’s Central Federal District around Moscow have softened first time since mid-April on the seasonal slowdown, sources told Fastmarkets on Monday September 9. Fastmarkets’ weekly price assessment for steel hot-rolled sheet, domestic, cpt Moscow, Russia, was 43,000-44,900 roubles ($655-684) per tonne on September 9, including 20% VAT. This was down…
ET reported that Secondary steel producers are cutting back on output to cope with a demand slump. In the iron ore rich district of Ballari in Karnataka, at least eight plants that include secondary steel makers like BMM Ispat, Rayen Steel, PGM Ferro Steel and companies such as Mukand and Kalyani Steel primary suppliers to…
The steel and semiconductor industries of South Korea will take a direct hit if the trade war between the United States and China turns into a global tariff war, panelists said at a seminar organized by the Federation of Korean Industries on Sept. 9. The experts said the ongoing trade war between the United States…
The three-month copper price on the London Metal Exchange was slightly lower during morning trading on Tuesday September 10, falling below its nearby $5,800 per tonne support level amid broad complex weakness, while aluminium futures stayed above the $1,800 per tonne threshold. Volumes traded in copper over the morning have been moderate, topping the complex…
In January-June capital investments in metal manufacture, except for machines and equipment, grew by 38.3% YoY, to 12.33 billion UAH. According to the Service of State Statistics, this was 5.3% of the total amount of capital investments in Ukraine. Metal manufacture accounted for 11.18 billion UAH of investments. And the rest (1.14 billion UAH) fell…
Evraz NTMK has produced a batch of hot-rolled steel with round section with the diameter of 95 mm. Such rolled metal is used in machine-building, construction and pipe manufacture. The first batch of rounds with the volume of 220 tons was produced of carbon and alloyed steel according to GOST 1050-88 and GOST 4543-2016. All…
At the extraordinary meeting Severstal shareholders have approved of paying dividends for Q2 in the amount of 26.72 rubles per ordinary share as opposed for 45.94 rubles in Q2 2018. The dividends will be paid to the shareholders who are registered as of September 17. The total amount of dividends to be paid is 22.384…
In August Krasniy Octyabr produced almost 24.7 thousand tons of liquid steel: 24.1 thousand tons in the electric arc furnace shop No. 2 and 580 tons in the shaped castings shop. In July the output was 23.1 thousand tons, with 22.5 thousand tons produced in the electric arc furnace shop and 620 tons in the…