‘Budgetary allocation will give market a boost’ Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL) Chairman-cum-Managing Director P.K. Rath on Thursday exuded confidence that the sluggish market being witnessed by the steel industry would be overcome this year. Mr. Rath hoisted the tricolour and inspected the guard of honour during the 73rd Independence Day celebrations organised at Ukkunagaram.…
DetailsMUMBAI: Can separate tax rates be levied on same product imported by two different companies, based on the end use? The customs department seems to think so, going by its latest tax demand from carmakers. The customs department has started issuing notices to several automakers, asking them to cough up 28% goods and services tax…
DetailsTo ensure compliance with relevant standards in the food and medical technology sector, Schoeller Werk will from now on use a new surface roughness meter (profilometer). This allows stainless steel tubes to be precisely tested at each 10th or 20th standard production length. What is more, the leading manufacturer of longitudinally welded stainless steel tubes…
DetailsThe Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) will impose a quota for hot-rolled flat steel imports to members of the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) for one year starting from December 1, 2019. The EEU countries are Russia, Belarus, Armenia, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. The total quota for the EEU bloc will be 1.33 million tonnes, the EEC announced…
DetailsAfter successfully completing the commissioning of its new horizontal straightening machine, Hyundai Steel has awarded SMS group a follow-up order for the revamp of its Incheon heavy section mill in South Korea. With this revamp Hyundai Steel aims to expand its product range towards larger sections with webs of up to 1,100 millimeters and sheet…
DetailsMagnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works (MMK) commissioned sinter plant No. 5, the only one of its kind in Russia, in the presence of Russian President Vladimir Putin. The facility has a capacity of up to 5.5 million tonnes of sinter per year. MMK’s new sinter plant is equipped with state-of-the-art equipment, allowing it…
DetailsMechel PAO (MOEX: MTLR; NYSE: MTL), a leading Russian mining and metals company, reports signing an agreement with CTP BELAZ-24 OOO for 15 dump trucks with a total value of approximately two billion rubles. The deal was signed on the sidelines of the international specialized mining technologies exposition “Russian Coal and Mining” held in Novokuznetsk.…
DetailsKWEKWE-BASED wire-making company, Lancashire Steel says it needs an additional ZWL$19 million to ensure it smoothly emerges from the woods after closing down in 2010 due to operational constraints. The firm, which is about to resume operations recently received ZWL$2 million from Government through the Zimbabwe Asset Management Company (Zamco). In an interview, Lancashire Steel…
DetailsFinance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that to boost demand in the automobile sector several temporary relief measures will be introduced including an increased depreciation cost for automobiles for corporates and businesses, however, she stopped short of giving a GST cut for automobiles, something the industry has been lobbying for. All BS-IV vehicles purchased upto March…
DetailsXining Special Steel said that its revenue in the first half of the year was 4.388 billion yuan, up 29.6% from a year earlier, and net profit was 58.4685 million yuan, up 365.05% from a year earlier, according to a semi-annual report released by Xining Special Steel on the evening of Aug. 20. According to…
DetailsTurkey’s military pension fund, OYAK, has reached a provisional agreement to buy steelmaker British Steel, OYAK said on Friday August 16. OYAK is the biggest shareholder of Turkey’s largest steel producer, Erdemir Group, and this agreement is a step toward in its goal to become a regional leader in steel sector, OYAK said. British Steel…
DetailsIn many parts of the world, the outlook for growth in steel demand is quite modest. However, the region that continues to buck the trend is Southeast Asia. This area is a steadily developing market. All ASEAN countries recorded positive growth in 2018 – with similar projections expected, this year. Increased activity from the construction…
Details24 July marked ten years since the launch of the unique Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works (MMK) plate Mill 5000. Over its 10-year history, the unit has produced more than 10 million tonnes of hot rolled steel. Russian President Vladimir Putin attended the ceremony celebrating the unit being commissioned. He praised the work of the…
DetailsMetalloinvest, a leading global producer and supplier of HBI and iron ore products, and a regional producer of high-quality steel, has signed a binding agreement with the company Ultramar for the construction of a specialised terminal for the transfer of iron ore pellets and HBI at the Ust-Luga port, located in the Leningrad region. The…
DetailsGovernor of Zabaikalye Region Natalya Zhdanova, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Baikal Mining Company Valery Kazikaev and General Director of Baikal Mining Company Yury Ryabov solemnly declared start of construction of Udokan Mining and Metallurgical Plant. A memorial stone was placed at the construction ground level, with embedded special case containing a letter…
DetailsA Jeffersonville company has been granted relief from a Trump Administration trade policy that went into effect more than a year ago. POSCO Steel said that will allow it to increase production, which could create new jobs. The business, headquartered in South Korea, opened a location in the Port of Indiana in 2017, but policies…
DetailsNEW DELHI: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said the government will withdraw enhanced surcharge levied on long and short-term capital gains. The FM also announced the withdrawal of enhanced surcharge on FPIs. Pre-Budget position restored on surcharge on domestic investors too, she told media. Data showed FPIs have pulled out Rs 23,000 crore from…
DetailsPOSCO has completed the construction of its first overseas plant that produces cathodes for rechargeable batteries, signaling its entry into the global battery market. The company held a completion ceremony for the plant in Zhejiang Province, China, which can manufacture 5,000 tonsne of cathodes a year. The POSCO board approved a plan to set up…
DetailsBrazilian steelmaker Usiminas is currently operating at 42% of its rolling capacity for flat steel, chief executive officer Sergio Leite told reporters on the sidelines of the Brazilian Steel Conference on Wednesday August 21. Weak market conditions were restricting the throughput at the company’s Cubatão and Ipatinga units, while global trade protectionism was preventing the…
DetailsBusiness activity, in August, is generally subdued in the Nordic markets, as participants return from annual holidays. The US-China trade war continues to have a negative effect on sentiment. Reduced automotive production, principally in Germany, is starting to disturb other market sectors. Uncertainty surrounding Brexit is having a disruptive impact on trade flows. These factors…
DetailsIn January-June automobile transportation of metal and mining products decreased. In particular, transportation of iron ore fell by 40%, to 415.3 thousand tons, and of metal – by 15.6%, to 1.49 million tons. According to the State Statistics Service, transportation of iron, steel, pig iron and ferroalloys dropped by 2.4%, to 370 thousand tons, of…
DetailsAs of August 1, Magadan region has extracted 23.791 tons of gold, up by 4886 kg YoY. Tenkinskiy city district provided the most ore gold – 11496.1 kg. Alluvial gold output totaled 8022.8 kg, with the most gold contributed by Yagodinskiy city district (3304.6 kg). The region has also mined 388.4 tons of silver. The…
DetailsMirBlagMet LLC, developing alluvial gold deposits in Amur region, has since the start of the season obtained 73 kg of gold. The rise of the water level in the Dugda River, where the company is operating, has complicated the sand washing. If the water level continues increasing, the company will have to suspend operation. At…
DetailsMagnitogorsk was removed from a list of Russian cities with very high levels of air pollution, according to a report by the Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring (Roshydromet) in 2018. Thanks to MMK’s large-scale environmental programme, the Comprehensive Air-quality Index (CAI) indicator for the city will be reduced to a low level by…
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