It is reported that United States USS-Pohang iron and steel company on January 14th planned to cut 690 jobs but it was still not clear whether the layoff was temporary plan. It is understood that the plant currently employs about 800 ...
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Tang Eng, one of the major stainless steel producers in Taiwan announced to raise its domestic prices for stainless hot rolled coils (HRC) and cold rolled coils (CRC) by NT$1,500/ton and NT$1,000/ton respectively for January in order to ...
According to statistics, Argentina’s production of hot rolled steel flat products totaled 436,600 tons in November, falling by 11.1% from a month ago but rising by 11.5% year on year. In November, the country’s cold rolled steel ...
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It's reported that Chung Hung Steel, one of the major carbon steelmakers in Taiwan announced to hike its export prices for hot rolled coils (HRC) and cold rolled coils (CRC) by US$10~US$20/ton for February deliveries in order to reflect ...
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According to report, the Turkish hot rolled coil (HRC) producers' export prices were down by US$5/ton to US$570~US$580/ton FOB basis last week due to the dollar's appreciation against Turkish lira as well as the demand from European market ...
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Recently, the Russian domestic prices of hot rolled (HR) plate and cold rolled (CR) sheet both showed a sign to drop. This is the first price down since the October of 2013. Currently, the CR sheet with the thickness of 1mm is quoted at ...
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It’s reported that the Taiwanese steel pipe makers announced to raise prices by NT$300~NT$500/ton for January in order to reflect higher input costs. Chung Hung Steel, the major upstream raw material supplier to the Taiwanese steel ...
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According to data released by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK), the country’s exports of hot rolled coils (HRC) totaled 113,492 tons in November, jumping by 72% from 65,803 tons in October while remaining almost unchanged in ...
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It is reported that Korea iron and steel enterprises planned to expand capacity and growth in end-user industries such as the automobile industry and raw materials demand in 2014.Therefore, the country expected both domestic demand and ...
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In November last year, Argentina's production of hot rolled steel reached 436,600 metric tons, 11.1 percent lower than in the previous month and 11.5 percent higher than in November 2012, according to Argentina's Chamber of Steel. In the ...
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The U.S. carbon steel sheet market represents quiet during Christmas and New Year holiday. However, the price will boost for the first quarter of 2014 with deduction of discount by most steel mills. So far, the ex-word price of hot rolled ...
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Yusco, the largest stainless steel mills in the Taiwan, has released the latest market prices for January, 2014 as the domestic prices of stainless steel 300 series hot rolled coil, cold rolled coil and 400 series increase by about ...
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In the first 29 days of December this year, Turkey's steel export volume decreased by 6.8 percent year on year and by 4.8 percent month on month to 1.43 million metric tons, according to the Turkish Iron and Steel Producers' Association ...
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Based on preliminary US Census Bureau data, the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported Monday that the US imported a total of 2,584,000 net tons (nt) of steel in November, including 1,906,000 nt of finished steel (down 16.7 ...
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According to statistics released by the Japan Iron & Steel Federation (JISF), the country’s shipments of hot rolled (HR) plates and sheets totaled 846,779 tons in October, down by 1.97% from a month ago and decreasing by 8.92% year on ...
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