As expected, crude steel production in China exceeded 1 billion tons by 2020, about 1.05 billion tons, or 5.2% more than last year, according to the latest report from the country's National Bureau of Statistics (NBS ) dated January 18. Annual growth was 3.1 percentage points lower than in 2019,...
The European Commission is launching an investigation into a partial revision of the anti-dumping duty on steel products supplied to the region by the Russian Severstal. The investigation, which concerns the period from January 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020, is initiated by the European Association...
The World Steel Association (worldsteel) has highlighted the important role of the global steel industry in ensuring sustainability. In his New Year message, Edwin Basson, CEO of worldsteel, noted that the industry had to face a number of challenges in 2020. All countries and regions, with the e...
During January-December 2020, metallurgical enterprises of Ukraine produced: - agglomerate - 31.91 million tons, which is 3.3% more compared to the same period in 2019. - gross coke (6% vol.) - 9.67 million tons, which is lower by 3.9%; - pig iron - 20.42 million tons, up 1.8%; - steel -...
Metallurgical plant "Azovstal" (Mariupol, Donetsk region), a member of the "Metinvest" group, in 2020 increased the production of general rolled products, according to operational data, by 2.7% compared to the previous year - up to 3.9 million tons. As a representative of the enterprise told Interf...