The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported on Thursday that for this year, the US imported 10,375,000 net tons of steel, down by 12% compared to the same period last year. Of the 10 million total steel imports, 8,178,000 net tons ...
Tags: Steel, Construction
It's reported that the prices of medium heavy plates have fallen by US$10/ton in the Mexican market over the past two weeks due to sluggish demand. According to data, Mexico's output of medium heavy plates totaled 531,779 tons in the first ...
Tags: Construction, medium heavy plates
According to statistics, Ukraine exported around 2.023 million tons of steel products in March, rising by 4% from a month ago. In March, the country imported 112,300 tons of steel products, up by 3.3% from the previous month. In the first ...
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Reportedly, the European engineering steel market demand was still sluggish and prices to remain unchanged in May which has not changed from last month. Currently, the European steel bar transaction prices of C45 grade hot rolled round bar ...
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According to the European Steel Association (EUROFER), in March this year European Union (EU) flat steel imports reached 1.259 million mt, while EU long steel imports amounted to 253,000 mt. Accordingly, overall EU finished steel imports in ...
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According to the provisional data released by the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey, in May this year the capacity utilization rate in the Turkish basic metal manufacturing industry was 75 percent, down 2.7 percentage points compared ...
It's reported that Benxi Steel released its price policy for June recently. The company decided to cut the prices for hot rolled plates/coils by RMB200/ton. Also, it reduced the prices for cold rolled sheets/coils and galvanized steel ...
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It's reported that Japan's Tokyo Steel announced to remain its domestic prices unchanged for June. Also, the company has kept its domestic steel prices flat for consecutive three months. After announcement, its list prices for H beams are ...
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After indicating increasing demand for design services for the better part of a year, the Architecture Billings Index (ABI) reversed course in April. The American Institute of Architects (AIA) reported the April ABI score was 48.6, down ...
SUFA Technology (SZSE: 000777) announced on May 20 that its controlling shareholder China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) was agreed to swap shares in Guangdong Orient Zirconic. CNNC was agreed by the State-owned Assets Supervision ...
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China's industry used over 1.16 trillion kilowatt hours of electric power in the first four months this year, rising by 4.7 percent year on year; industry used 308.3 billion kilowatt hours of power in April, gaining by 7.7 percent year on ...
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Russian steelmaker Novolipetsk Steel (NLMK) has stated that in May this year it plans to ship around 465,000 mt of flat steel products, up five percent compared to April, including 210,000 mt of hot rolled flat steel. In the January-April ...
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In April this year, Italian crude steel output decreased by 11.6 percent year on year to 2.115 million metric tons, according to the figures released by the Italian steel producers association Federacciai. April is the 13th month in a row ...
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In April this year, global pig iron production amounted to 98.25 million metric tons, decreasing by 2.15 percent compared to March and up 3.5 percent on year-on-year basis, according to the preliminary data covering 38 countries accounting ...
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According to the data released by metal trading enterprise Ukrainian Mining and Metallurgical Company (UGMK), in March this year Ukraine's exports of steel products increased by four percent month on month to 2.023 million mt. In ...
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