According to data released by the Stainless Steel Council of China Special Steel Enterprises Association (SSC), China’s crude stainless steel output totaled 8.82 million tons in the first half of this year, rising by 9.6% year on ...
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Qinghai Province-based Chinese steelmaker Xining Special Steel Co. has announced that in the first half of the current year its net profit amounted to RMB 69.01 million ($11.27 million), up 18.3 percent year on year, while its operating ...
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As of July 31, importers of steel pipes to Ukraine used 97.4 percent of their annual quota (up to the end of September 2013) for imports of steel seamless casing and tubing with diameters up to 406.4 mm. For the period from October 1, 2012 ...
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India-based state owned steelmaker Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) has announced that the country's largest blast furnace has become operational at its Rourkela steel plant. According to SAIL's statement, the blast furnace will ...
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Cleveland, Ohio-based metals service center Olympic Steel reported that for Q2 2013, net sales were $330.8 million, a 10 percent decrease from the $367.4 million reported in last year's comparable period. For the first six months of 2013, ...
Austria-based plantmaker Siemens Metals Technologies has announced that in July this year it put a continuous bloom caster into operation at Chinese steel producer Changzhou Zhongtian Iron & Steel (Zenith Steel). The continuous bloom caster ...
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According to the data released by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK), in June this year Turkey's season and calendar adjusted monthly industrial production index with the base year 2010=100 increased by 1.4 percent compared to the ...
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According to the statistics released by the Taiwanese Ministry of Finance, in July this year Taiwan's export value of iron and steel and articles made from iron and steel amounted to $1.45 billion, decreasing by 6.4 percent compared to the ...
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According to the data released by the Export and Import Division of South Korea's Ministry of Knowledge Economy (MOTIE), the country's trade balance indicated a $2.7 billion surplus in July of this year, remaining in the black for the 18th ...
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According to the statistics released by the US International Trade Commission (US ITC), in the first half of the current year the US exported 9.75 million mt of steel scrap, falling 3.85 percent compared to the first half of 2012. In June ...
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Brazil-based miner Vale has announced its financial results for the second quarter of the current year, reporting a net profit of $424 million, decreasing by 84 percent compared to the second quarter of the previous year. The company's ...
The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported Monday that US raw steel production fell 1.4 percent in the week ending August 10, following a 0.9 percent increase a week ago. Total raw steel production in the United States was ...
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As of August 1, importers of coking and bituminous coal to Ukraine used 39.1 percent of their annual quota. For the current year, the quota in question is 10.2 million mt. Of this figure, the unused quota volume is 6.212 million mt. As of ...
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In the first seven months of the current year, the crude steel production of ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih, Ukrainian subsidiary of global steel giant ArcelorMittal, totaled 3.6678 million mt, up 0.22 percent year on year, as announced by the ...
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On August 12, Liaoning Province-based Chinese steelmaker Bengang Steel Plates Co., a subsidiary of Benxi Iron and Steel (Group) Co., issued its financial results for the first half of the current year. Accordingly, in the first half of ...
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