In October this year, Japan's hot rolled plate and sheet shipments decreased by 1.97 percent compared to September and were down 8.92 percent on year-on-year basis, amounting to 846,779 metric tons. 76.50 percent of shipments were made to ...
Tags: steel, metallurgy
In the first 10 months of this year, Japan's cold rolled sheet and strip shipments decreased by 1.12 percent on year-on-year basis, according to the Japan Iron and Steel Federation (JISF) data. The country's CR sheet and strip shipments ...
Tags: iron, CR, steel, metallurgy
Taigang Stainless, the largest stainless steel producer in China is going to negotiate with Korean steel mills about export prices of Austenite cold rolled stainless steel products for next February. It is reported that Asian stainless ...
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The price spread between imported styrene monomer, on a CFR China basis, and domestic SM widened to almost a nine-month high of $54.40/mt on Tuesday, due to stronger prices of SM and benzene in overseas markets, Platts data shows. On ...
Tags: styrene monomer, Chemicals
China is extending an existing tax exemption on imported gas to new sources of foreign pipeline gas and imported LNG. The Ministry of Finance announced on Monday that the tax exemption will be granted to pipeline imports from Myanmar, ...
The spot price for South African charge chrome (48-52% Cr) was assessed at 83-84 cents/pound CIF China Friday, down from 83-85 cents/lb CIF China assessed the previous week, amid slow demand. The spot price of Indian-origin high carbon ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
Chinese electrolytic manganese metal prices fell this week, with most steel mills retreating from the spot market following weeks of restocking, sources said Platts assessed 99.7% manganese at $2,160-2,210/mt FOB China Thursday, down ...
Tags: steel mills, Spot Market
China Steel Corp. (CSC), one of the major blast furnace mills and carbon steel product manufacturers in Taiwan, has announced its October sales revenue was NT$29.69 billion, increasing by 3.41% from a month ago and rising by 7.1% year on ...
Tags: China Steel, Mineral
Traders said that with the end of India festival of Eid al Adha, the market transaction was rebounding now. Traders also said that because the HRC offer from South Korea and China dropped by US$20~US$25/ton, most buyers were holding a ...
Tags: HRC Transaction, Mineral
A ban on State purchases of vegetable oil processed from imported rapeseeds is to protect domestic farmers' economic interests and does not mean the government is concerned about the safety of genetically modified food, an industry insider ...
Tags: Oil, Agriculture, Food, vegetable oil
In the first half of this year, Japan's cold rolled sheet and strip shipments decreased by 1.9 percent on year-on-year basis, according to the Japan Iron and Steel Federation (JISF) data. The country's CR sheet and strip shipments amounted ...
Spot indium prices in Asia have risen to their highest level since October 2011, as sellers hold back expecting prices to rise further in the near term, market sources said Tuesday. Platts assessed the spot indium price at $630-670/kg CIF ...
Tags: Spot Indium, Mineral
Because of the summer vacation, the Romanian seamless pipe market transaction fell to the low level. Although the Romanian suppliers managed to keep the price flat with one month ago, the actual cost increased by US$24~US$26/ton due to ...
Tags: Seamless Pipe Market, Mineral
The latest U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) projections indicate that world 2013/14 cotton production is forecast at 118.0 million bales, a 3-percent decrease from a year ago due to less favorable market conditions. Production ...
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In May this year, Japan's cold rolled sheet and strip shipments increased by 19 percent month on month and were up by three percent on year-on-year basis, according to the Japan Iron and Steel Federation (JISF) data. The country's CR sheet ...
Tags: CR Sheet, Strip Shipments