The standard for rolled steels EN 10025 – 2
The standard for hot-rolled steels is EN 10025-2 and specifies the technical delivery conditions for non-alloy construction steels. EN 10025 – 2 applies to hot-rolled construction steel products. The SR national standard EN 10025:2:2004/AC:2005 is identical to the European standard EN 10025:2:2004/AC:2005. Regarding the name and nomenclature of rolled steels for construction. Reference should be […]
Ukraine, INTENTIONALLY or NOT, created a metal crisis!
The continuation of the crisis in Ukraine also affects the metallurgical sector in Romania. „The vector product we are referring to is sheet metal, especially hot-rolled sheet metal,” explains Lucian Haritonov, CEO of H METAL, a Romanian metallurgical products distribution company. The prolonged crisis in Ukraine affects the Romanian metallurgical sector. And this because the […]
The flow of steel trade in Europe
The European steel industry is indispensable for the processing and delivery of the products to the beneficiaries. It also delivers outside the European Union, exporting in 2012 – 27 million tons of steel. For global success, the European steel industry depends on several elements to compete with its competitors: trade barriers must be removed for […]
Challenges for the EU steel industry
„The main challenges for the steel industry in the European Union are related to the obligation to reduce carbon emissions in the atmosphere, the adjacent costs – raw materials, energy – the competition with producers from the third world and the need to continue to attract and keep highly qualified workforce”, informs the industry page […]
New manufacturing methods for stronger metals
Nature inspires new manufacturing methods by which metals become more resistant: „The presence of small particles on the surface of the metal makes it more resistant, but at the same time less ductile. But if we gradually increase the size of the particles inside the material, we can obtain a more ductile metal. You will […]
World crude steel production increased by 1.4% in August 2014
World crude steel production for August 2014 was 135Mt, an increase of 1.4% compared to the same period last year, according to data provided by 65 countries that reported to the World Steel Association. They recorded increases in crude steel production in August 2014 compared to August 2013: China 1.0%, Japan 2.2%, India 5.2%, South […]
European conference dedicated to stainless steel, April 28-30, 2015
Next year, a large conference dedicated to steel will take place in Austria. This conference is the continuation of the successful series of previous conferences that started in 1993 in Florence, Italy. The event takes shape on all levels of development, production technology and corrosion of stainless steel and is addressed, equally, to polytechnic institutes […]
Construction works decreased by 17% in the first eight months of 2014
The volume of construction works increased in August by 2.5% compared to July, but remains 12% lower compared to August 2013. While overall the first eight months had a steeper drop of 17%, data seasonally adjusted, according to the National Institute of Statistics. The National Institute of Statistics (INS) is a specialized body of the […]
An increase in steel consumption is expected at a slower pace
Forecasting steel consumption is a key driver for manufacturing companies. The World Steel Association expects the demand to be modest. An increase in steel consumption is expected by 2% in 2014. This is a little more than in 2013, but for 2015 the forecasts are even more modest. Forecasting steel consumption in 2015, at the […]
Republic factories – the history of a dead industry
They used to be the pride of the country, and today, the ruins reminiscent of the Republica Factories in Bucharest create a depressing landscape. This is the terrible fate of the former Romanian steel factories. In the 70s, Uzinele Republica was the fifth largest producer of seamless pipes in the world. Having a production capacity […]
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