Eurasian Economic Committee has prolonged the antidumping investigation on imports of stainless steel hot-deformed seamless pipes from China. The investigation has been prolonged till December 3. It was started on August 31, 2018 and covers pipes with the outer diameter of up to 650 mm. The investigation was initiated by Volzhsky Pipe Works, Pervouralskiy Pipe…
Russian gold producer Polyus has finished drilling at the Sukhoi Log gold field and plans to finish the project’s feasibility study before 2021, CEO Pavel Grachyov announced. “We finished the drilling program we started in 2017. It was an important and capital-intensive stage. We are now analyzing drilling samples, which would take several months. We…
Zaporizhstal has launched a system of “Mobile traffic lights” to monitor manufacturing processes. The system started working in trial mode in the sheet hot-rolling shop. 2 thousand sensors have been installed to read 130 thousand parameters of machinery operation. Now there is no need to fill in a lot of forms or to use computer…
Fitch Solutions Macro Research has revised downwards its 2019 global steel price forecast as global prices continue to be hammered by poor sentiment amid ongoing US-China trade tensions and increasing downside risks to the global economy. It said “In the long term, Fitch Solutions maintains its view that prices will ease and embark on a…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Commerce Department said on Wednesday it had made a preliminary determination that China and Mexico had dumped certain fabricated structural steel on the U.S. market.As a result, the department said, it imposed duties of up to 141% on Chinese structural steel and up to 31% on Mexican structural steel. The…
With the exception of nickel and lead, base metals prices on the Shanghai Futures Exchange were up during the morning trading session on Thursday September 5, with the complex buoyed by improved risk sentiment following an easing of geopolitical tensions and softer dollar. Investors’ appetite for risk has grown following favorable geopolitical events overnight that…
Known for its investments on the African continent, particularly in Algeria, Tosyali Holding one of the world’s leading steel producers with plants on three different continents, is now gearing up for a major investment in the West African country of Senegal. The holding will establish Tosyali Economic Zone in Senegal. Chairman Mr Fuat Tosyali said…
European market participants now question whether an expected domestic price rise for hot-rolled coil (HRC) will be seen, due to the emergence of competitive offers from India, sources told Fastmarkets on Wednesday September 4. Buyers had expected that transaction prices would move up in the first half of September, supported by a seasonal recovery in…
