Tag «Steel»

Production and Consumption of Steel

The Minister of Steel, Shri Beni Prasad Verma has said that data on production for sale, real consumption and stock of total finished steel (alloy + non-alloy) during the last three years and the current year is given below:-   Year Total Finished Steel (alloy + non-alloy)   (million tonnes or mt) Production for sale Real Consumption …

Steel on Stilts? – Chawm Ganguly

The Rupee is on a free fall. And naturally, in its wake, it has dealt a body blow to all industries dependent on imports. Take metallurgical coke for instance. This vital raw material for those producing steel through the blast furnace route is rising, reflecting the Rupee-Dollar dichotomies.  While the merchant coking coal companies are …

EVRAZ Q2 2013 PRODUCTION REPORT

EVRAZ plc (LSE: EVR) today releases its operational results for the second quarter of 2013. Q2 2013 OPERATIONAL HIGHLIGHTS:   Consolidated crude steel production was flat in Q2 2013 vs. Q1 2013 and the Company’s key steelmaking facilities in Russia and North America continued operating at high utilisation rates Output of steel products increased by …

Mechel Reports 1Q2013 Operational Results

Moscow, Russia – May 13, 2013 – Mechel OAO (NYSE: MTL), one of the leading Russian mining and metals companies, announces 1Q2013 operational results. Production: Product Name 1Q2013, thousand tonnes 4Q2012, thousand tonnes % 1Q2013, thousand tonnes 1Q2012, thousand tonnes % Run-of-mine coal 6,406 6,970 -8 6,406 6,413 0 Pig Iron 972 1,054 -8 972 …

Mechel Announces Board of Directors’ Resolutions

Moscow, Russia — April 22, 2013 – Mechel OAO (NYSE: MTL), one of the leading Russian mining and metals companies, announces the resolutions of Mechel OAO’s Board of Directors. The Board of Directors of Mechel OAO (the Company) held a meeting on April 19, 2013. The following resolutions were adopted at the meeting: 1. To …

SSAB presents steel for use in high temperatures

Toolox, with its high temperature characteristics, will be presented by SSAB at Bauma in Germany. The steel, which was initially developed for the casting of plastic parts, has also proved to have the characteristics required from extreme high-temperature environments, where material is exposed to great force and high wear. The target group now identified by …

STEEL ELIMINATES WEIGHT GAP WITH ALUMINIUM FOR CAR BODIES

New studies show a further reduction in body structure mass DETROIT – 16 April 2013 – The latest in a continuing series of research studies strongly suggest that steel auto body structures in the near future can be as lightweight as today’s aluminium bodies, while meeting all crash performance standards and at comparable cost of …