According to a statement released by the Turkish Iron and Steel Producers' Association (DCUD), Turkey's finished steel production and consumption saw declines in January this year, with the country's finished steel production amounting to ...
The steel giant ArcelorMittal predicted that the CIS's steel demand would remain strong till 2018. Besides, it's expected that the CIS's steel consumption would reach 72 million tons, calculating according to the annual growth rate of 4.2%. ...
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Global steel giant ArcelorMittal has announced that it is targeting $3 billion in savings by the end of 2015, by improving the reliability and productivity of its blast furnaces and cutting fuel costs. The steelmaker stated that the asset ...
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It is reported that Japanese Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal (NSSMC) planned to extend its current production capacity in order to meet the strong demand in Domestic market. The company has indicated the country’s steel annual ...
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Wuhan Iron and Steel Corp. (Wisco), a Hubei Province based leading Chinese steel and iron group has used 200mm x 200mm continuous casting large billets to produce nearly 90,000 tons of enhanced strength HRB400 rebar, accounting for almost ...
Ugur Dalbeler, chairman of IREPAS, the global association of producers and exporters of long steel products, as well as CEO of Turkish steelmaker Colakoglu Metalurji, has said that in 2013 the main problem in the steel industry will ...
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According to Mexico's National Chamber of Iron and Steel Industry (CANACERO), Mexico reached 18.1 million tons of steel production at the end of 2012--a largely unchanged total compared to 2011. Steel consumption grew from 21.2 million ...
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Alacero, the Latin American Steel Association, has reported substantially improved steel consumption throughout Latin American countries in 2012, although steel production declined. Latin American crude steel production was 66 million ...
It’s reported that the Argentina Steel Chamber (CAA) predicted that the country’s steel consumption and demand might rise by at least 5% year on year in 2013. According to the forecast made by CAA, the country’s flat ...
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Ekaterina Golovanova, the head of marketing & sales at steelmaker Severstal predicted that Russia’s steel consumption would stay on the upward trend in the medium term. It’s expected that Russia’s steel consumption ...
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It is reported that Tokyo Steel Manufacturing plans to lift its domestic steel prices in March 2013. The company hiked the prices for most long products by ¥3,000/ton for March contracts. Meanwhile, the company will also increase ...
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Reportedly EU ministers and European Commission call on ArcelorMittal to postpone planned capacity cuts until they confirm proposals to revive Europe’s steel sector, Industry Commissioner Antonio Tajani said on Tuesday. ...
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According to the Russian commercial construction sector has predicted the consumption for flat and long steel products are likely to recover in Russia this year. It expects the steel consumption will expect to reach 5.2 million tons ...
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Output in the European Union (EU) mechanical engineering sector fell 2.8 percent year on year in the third quarter of 2012 and a further drop of around two percent year on year is projected for the final quarter of the year, said the ...
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Real steel consumption in the European Union is forecast to decline almost two percent in 2013, according to the Economic and Steel Market Outlook 2013-2014/Q1 2013 Report from the Economic Committee of the European Steel Association ...
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