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Ukraine: semi-finished steel products exports up in July 2024
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Wed, 07 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMT
In July, Ukraine exported 219 thousand tons of semi-finished steel products, up by 83% MoM. This is the best result since the start of the Russian large-scale invasion According to the deputy Minister of Economy and trade representative Taras Kachka, overall exports in July amounted to $2.96 billion. (Ukrainian


Metinvest Among the Finalists for the 2024 Reuters Sustainability ...
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Fri, 02 Aug 2024 10:07:00 GMT
Metinvest Group has been shortlisted for one of the most prestigious global awards in sustainable development, the Reuters - Sustainability


Kazakhstan: major rare-earth metals deposit transferred to U. ...
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Thu, 01 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMT
Kazgeologia and Cove Capital have created a joint venture to prospect for rare-earth metals and elements in Kazakhstan. The Kazakh company will own 25% in the venture and Cove Kaz Capital Group 75%. The latter is a part of the international investment group Cove Capital that has been investing in mining projects since


Eurofer cuts European steel forecasts as demand recovery lags
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Fri, 26 Jul 2024 00:00:00 GMT
The negative trend in the steel market observed in the first half of 2023 has persisted and become more acute over the last three quarters. The severe consequences of the war in Ukraine and the deteriorating manufacturing outlook, along with the overall economic environment, continued to take their toll. Apparent steel consumption in the EU decreased (-3.1%) in the first quarter of 2024, after a rise (+2.9%) in the preceding quarter which was mainly due to the comparison with the very low


Metinvest Launches New Securitisation Deal
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Wed, 17 Jul 2024 12:50:44 GMT
Metinvest B.V., the parent company of an international vertically integrated group of steel and mining companies (jointly referred to as Metinvest or the Group), today announces the successful launch of a new accounts receivable securitisation programme for its Italian re-rollers, Metinvest Trametal and Ferriera Valsider. The transaction will allow to finance a pool of accounts receivable up to EUR 50 million. The facility has a maximum tenor of five years and a one-year rolling commitment. It will support sales in the EU and improve the working capital position of Italian re-rollers of the


Electricity prices in Europe increased significantly in June
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Tue, 09 Jul 2024 10:00:00 GMT
European steelmakers call for paying attention to electricity prices, Ukrainian steel sector proposes to reduce the share of electricity imports which is needed to ensure stable energy supply to


MMK'S hot rolling mill 2000 produces 150 millionth tonne of rolled ...
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Tue, 21 May 2024 00:00:00 GMT
Sheet rolling shop No. 10 at Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works (MMK) has produced the 150 millionth tonne of rolled stock on its hot rolling mill 2000. First commissioned in 1994, the mill produced its 100 millionth tonne of hot-rolled steel in 2015. Mill 2000 is MMKs most productive rolling unit and one of the most powerful in Russia. Capable of making practically every grade of steel currently available, the mill is used to manufacture around a thousand different products for a diverse


Bulgaria: a large market for Ukrainian semi-finished products
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Thu, 16 May 2024 10:00:00 GMT
Bulgaria is a large market for only a few types of export products of the Ukrainian agro-industrial complex and steel


EU's Russia-origin semis, iron imports continue to fall
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Fri, 26 Apr 2024 00:00:00 GMT
The EU reduced imports of steel products and ferrous raw materials from Russia in January-February...


NLMK Group fulfills all goals of Environmental Strategy 2023
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Wed, 27 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMT
NLMK Group has successfully achieved all key objectives as part of its Environmental Strategy 2023, reducing specific atmospheric emissions by 13%, increasing waste processing rate to 96% (recycling of secondary resources at 99%), and cutting discharges into water bodies in


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