In June Russia exported 4.8 thousand tons of ferromanganese, down by 12% MoM and by 22.5% YoY. US imported 1.9 thousand tons of ferromanganese, down by 23% MoM, and Turkey decreased purchases by 58%, to 818 tons. In H1 ferromanganese exports totaled 33.2 thousand tons, up by 25.2% YoY. In monetary terms since the start…
DetailsThe Federal Agency on technical regulation and metrology (Rosstandart) has approved the GOST 1628-2019 “Copper rods. Technical conditions” standard. The standard will replace GOST 1628-78. It will become valid from December 1. (Ukrainian metal)
DetailsThe Federal Antimonopoly Service has allowed a company affiliated with Translom to buy the Sinara Group scrap procuring business. According to the analysts the merged company will not control more than 14% of the scrap market. In particular, Germes was allowed to buy TMK-Chermet. There are no companies with the market share over 35% in…
DetailsCherepovets Iron and Steel Works has finished capital repairs of the converter No. 2 in the converter steel shop. The capital repair of the main technological machinery will increase the strength and resistance of all the converter units and will also improve the quality of steel. The repair was finished several hours ahead of schedule.…
DetailsEurasian 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…
DetailsRussian 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…
DetailsZaporizhstal 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…
DetailsFitch 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…
DetailsWASHINGTON (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…
DetailsWith 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…
DetailsKnown 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…
DetailsEuropean 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…
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