According to the short range outlook of the World Steel Association (worldsteel) for 2014 and 2015, the worldsteel Economics Committee has revised down its global apparent steel consumption growth forecast to 3.1 percent from the growth ...
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Japan-based steelmaker Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation (NSSMC) announced that it has signed a memorandum of understanding with the joint stock company UTC2, technical consulting company whose parent equity holder is the University ...
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Alacero, the Latin American steel association, has reported that apparent finished steel use in Latin America and the Caribbean totaled 66.5 million mt in 2013, in line with the 2012 level. Finished steel production in the region amounted ...
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At the 75th Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Steel Committee meeting held recently in Paris, Alacero, the Latin American steel association, said the current situation in the steel industry is becoming critical ...
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The growth rate of China's steel demand will decline from 6.3 percent this year to 3.2 percent in 2014 in the wake of the country's economic transformation and the government's efforts to improve the environment. The nation's steel ...
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Speaking at the 8th SteelOrbis Turkish Steel Market Conference held in Istanbul on November 29, Dr. Veysel Yayan, general secretary of the Turkish Iron and Steel Producers' Association (TCUD), said that Turkey's crude steel production for ...
International credit rating agency Moody's has announced that it has raised the European steel industry outlook to stable from negative given the improving fundamentals in the European steel industry, reflected by slight growth in euro area ...
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Thailand-based Long Luck Group is building a new $36 million steel mill in the Samutsakorn district of Bangkok, according to Asia Pacific Investment House (APIH), the lead funding arranger for the project. The Long Luck Steel Mill will ...
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India's finished steel consumption totaled 24.1 million mt in the first four months of the current Indian fiscal year (started April 1, 2013), almost stable compared to the level recorded in the same period last year, with just a 0.2 ...
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Based on statistics released by Russian State Statistics Committee, Russia's import values of ferrous metal totaled US$2.886 billion in the first six months of current year, falling by 2.3% year on year. Meanwhile, it is reported that ...
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Alacero, the Latin American steel association, reported Monday that apparent finished steel use was 28 million tons between January-May 2013, similar to the same period in 2012. Finished steel production reached 23 million tons, 1 percent ...
According to a statement released by the Turkish Iron and Steel Producers' Association (TCUD), in January-May this year Turkey's finished steel production rose slightly, while its consumption saw a stronger increase, both compared to the ...
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At the recent 74th Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Steel Committee meeting held in Paris, participants from OECD and non-OECD economies discussed the prospects for improved growth in global steel demand, future ...
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In the first four months of this year, the production of finished steel reached 18.1 million tons while apparent finished steel use was 21.7 million tons. Meanwhile, finished steel production in May 2013 came to 4.9 million tons, in line ...
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According to a report by Latin American steel association Alacero, crude steel production in Latin America totaled 5.7 million metric tons during April this year, stable compared to the same month last year. In the first four months of the ...
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