‘Investment in most metallurgical sectors recorded a growth, most of it being directed towards steel foundries  – 28.4%, cast iron and iron alloys preparation kilns (including furnaces) – 13% and other metallurgical installations – 20.2%, INS informs.

According to the document, a decrease of production capacity was recorded in almost all metallurgy sectors last year. The steepest fall was in the preparation of the charge (-26.3%), for goods obtained from hot laminated products (-12.8%), for flat hot laminated goods (-11.6%). The metallurgical sectors where production capacity grew were those for steel used for continuous casting (7.3%) and for cast iron and iron alloys (2.5%).

‘From the point of view of the use of production capacities, in 2014 we could see that, in the coke, cast iron and iron alloys sectors, capacities are being sued in a proportion of 97% compared to 96.6% in 2013, and unprocessed steel production facilities are used to 70.5% of their capacity compared to 63.5% in 2013, with a  slight rise in the coke, cast iron and iron alloys sectors and a growth compared to 2013 for the unprocessed steel production installations’, INS reports. (source: nineoclock.ro)