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Chinese output of hot metal, crude steel and finished steel all fell on a month-on-month basis in July amid weakening demand and steelmaking restrictions in the country’s production hub in northern China.

Chinese output of hot metal, crude steel and finished steel all fell on a month-on-month basis in July amid weakening demand and steelmaking restrictions in the country’s production hub in northern China. Demand in China’s domestic market weakened last month amid bad weather – heavy rain in some regions and sweltering heat in most of…

Further World Stainless Steel Production Records Forecast

Worldwide crude stainless steel production, in 2018, reached an all-time high total of more than 50.7 million tonnes. This represents an increase of 5.5 percent, compared with the year earlier figure. MEPS predicts that global output will grow by approximately 4 percent, in 2019, to achieve a new record high mark of around 52.7 million…

MMK develops cooperation with consumers in Siberia

Deliveries of MMK’s rolled steel to pipe companies in the Siberian Federal region have doubled since the beginning of the year. The region accounts for about 10% of the plant’s sales of the relevant products. The Company plans to further expand its presence in the domestic market. Deputy General Director of Sales at PJSC MMK…

A Kremlin-Linked Firm Invested Millions in Kentucky. Were They After More Than Money?

Last summer, it looked like things were finally about to change for Ashland, Ky. For two decades, the jobs that once supported this Appalachian outpost of 20,000 people on a bend in the Ohio River have been disappearing: 100 laid off from the freight-rail maintenance shop; dozens pink-slipped at the oil refinery; 1,100 axed at…

Fear is behind us, it is hopefully time to become greedy on D-St

The week gone by witnessed another bloodbath on Dalal Street taking along with it all the heavyweights like Reliance Industries, whose AGM effect withered away in no time. Strong bastions such as ICICI Bank, Bajaj Finance and the like also witnessed heavy selling, but by the close of the week, a smart recovery in broader…

Additive manufacturing promising with AF-9628 a High Strength Steel

Parts additively manufactured with AF-9628, an Air Force steel, are about 20% stronger than conventional AM alloys, in terms of ultimate tensile strength, according to research conducted by Capt. Erin Hager, an Air Force Research Laboratory employee and recent graduate of the Air Force Institute of Technology’s Aerospace Engineering Program. AF-9628 is a steel alloy…

Export prices for Chinese cold-rolled coil and hot-dipped galvanized coil dropped over the past week, largely due to limited buying interest arising from heightened trade tensions between China and the United States, market sources told Fastmarkets.

Export prices for Chinese cold-rolled coil and hot-dipped galvanized coil dropped over the past week, largely due to limited buying interest arising from heightened trade tensions between China and the United States, market sources told Fastmarkets. The Chinese currency passed the 7-yuan per $1 threshold earlier this month after US president Donald Trump announced plans to…

Stoilensky produces its 15-millionth tonne of pellets

Stoilensky, part of NLMK Group, has produced its fifteen-millionth tonne of pellets since the launch of its pelletizing plant. Launched in November 2016, the pelletizing plant has a design capacity of 6 million tonnes of pellets per year. In 2018, the plant reached the production capacity of 6.7 million tonnes of pellets (+12% yoy). In…