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Five Utility Companies to Witness The Successful Submergence Tests of The CUP-TWL

Apr 15, 2013

ClydeUnion Pumps and GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) brought together five utility companies in February 2013 to witness the successful submergence tests of the CUP-TWL, a turbine driven safety pump that offers significant safety ...

Tags: ClydeUnion Pumps, GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy

Cincinnati, Ohio-based Diehl Steel Installed a New Plate Mill

Apr 15, 2013

Cincinnati, Ohio-based Diehl Steel announced Thursday that it has installed a new plate mill that allows the company to custom machine steel up to 30 inches wide and 50 inches long and 12 inches in height. As a result, Diehl can now ...

Tags: Diehl Steel, Plate Mill, Mineral

NLMK's Long Steel Shipped Around 340,000 Mt of Rebar, up Three Percent Year on Year

Apr 15, 2013

According to a company statement, in the January-March period of this year the long steel division of Russian steelmaker Novolipetsk Steel (NLMK) shipped around 340,000 mt of rebar, up three percent year on year, including 339,400 mt to the ...

Tags: Steel Division, Mineral

Coming off a Better Than Expected Month in February

Apr 15, 2013

Coming off a better than expected month in February, retail sales were somewhat lackluster in March, according to data released today by the United States Department of Commerce and the National Retail Federation (NRF). Commerce reported ...

Tags: retail sales, retail, Manufacturing

Steel Demand in The The MENA to Grow by 3.2 Percent to 65.2 Million Metric Tons in 2013

Apr 15, 2013

Steel demand in the the MENA (Middle East and North Africa) region is expected to grow by 3.2 percent to 65.2 million metric tons in 2013, after 2.2 percent growth in 2012, aided by reconstruction activities in the Arab Spring countries and ...

Tags: MENA Steel, Demand Growth, Mineral

Mechel Delivered Raw Materials From The Deposit to Its Bratsk Ferroalloy Plant

Apr 15, 2013

Russian steelmaking and mining company Mechel has reported the launch of operation at the Uvatsk quartzite deposit and delivery of the first batch of raw materials from the deposit to its Bratsk Ferroalloy Plant. Approximately 680 mt ...

Tags: Mechel, Uvatsk Deposit, Mineral

Galvanized Sheet Shipments of Japan Decreased by 5.3% in February

Apr 15, 2013

In February this year, Japan's galvanized sheet output decreased by 6.8 percent compared to January and was down 4.1 percent year on year, amounting to 926,177 mt, according to data from the Japan Iron and Steel Federation (JISF). Japan's ...

Tags: Galvanized Sheet, Mineral

Italy's Ilva Must Wait for The Return of Seized Steel Stocks's Possession

Apr 15, 2013

Despite the rejection this week by Italy's Constitutional Court of a bid by local prosecutors to shut down the Taranto facilities of Italian steel producer Ilva, the prosecutors have today, April 12, turned down a request by Ilva's lawyers ...

Tags: Ilva, Steel Stocks

Industrial Production Rises by 0.4% in Euro Area and EU-27 in February From January

Apr 15, 2013

In February this year, seasonally-adjusted industrial production increased by 0.4 percent in the euro area and in the EU-27, as compared with January of the current year. In January, production had decreased by 0.6 percent and 0.5 percent ...

Tags: Industrial Output, Mineral

German Wholesale Metal Prices Decreased by 3.5% in March 2013

Apr 15, 2013

As reported by Germany's Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), in March of the current year the wholesale selling prices of industrial products in Germany were 0.3 percent higher compared to March 2012, the lowest year-on-year price ...

Tags: Wholesale Metal, Metal Prices

European Stainless Steel Production keeps Stable in January 2013

Apr 15, 2013

According to the latest ‘Stainless Steel Report April 2013' issued by Germany-based service centre Damstahl, in 2012 European stainless crude steel production amounted approximately to 7.5 million mt, falling around one percent ...

Tags: Damstahl, Stainless Steel Output

Castillian Will Acquire All of The Outstanding Shares of Ridgemont

Apr 15, 2013

Vancouver, British Columbia-based Ridgemont Iron Ore Corp. and Canadian mineral exploration company Castillian Resources Corp. announced that they have entered into a Letter of Intent pursuant to which Castillian will acquire all of the ...

Tags: Iron Ore, Castillian Resources

Iron Ore Exports of Brazil Down 18% in March

Apr 15, 2013

Brazil's iron ore export volume amounted to 22.6 million mt in March this year, increasing 9.2 percent compared to February and down by 18 percent compared to the same month of 2012, according to the preliminary information released by the ...

Tags: Iron Ore Exports, Mineral

Rig Count Increases in US,While Fall in Canada

Apr 15, 2013

Baker Hughes reported Friday that for the week ending April 12, the US rig count increased by 33 to 1,771, following a 10-rig decrease a week ago. During the week, the oil rig count rose by 30 to 1,387 while the gas-directed rig count was ...

Tags: Rig Count, Mineral

Xichang Mining to Issue Short-Term Bonds on April 17 Worth a Total of RMB 150 Million

Apr 15, 2013

Sichuan Province-based Xichang Mining Co., a subsidiary of Chongqing-based Chinese steelmaker Chongqing Iron and Steel (Group) Co., has announced that it has decided to issue short-term bonds on April 17 worth a total of RMB 150 million ...

Tags: Xichang Mining, Short-Term Bonds

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