It's reported that the prices of medium heavy plates have fallen by US$10/ton in the Mexican market over the past two weeks due to sluggish demand. According to data, Mexico's output of medium heavy plates totaled 531,779 tons in the first ...
Tags: Construction, medium heavy plates
It’s reported that the Japanese shipbuilders gained more orders recently due to depreciated Japanese Yen. According to data released by Japan Ship Exporters' Association (JSEA), Japanese shipbuilders’ received order volumes for ...
Tags: Shipbuilder, Japan
Brazil imported 8,989 tons of heavy plates in April, jumping from 795 tons in March but falling from 18,473 tons in the same month of 2012, according to data released by the national foreign trade ministry (MDIC). In April, Japan was the ...
Tags: heavy plates, Heavy Plate Imports
According to data, Japan exported 352,586 tons of heavy plates this March, jumping by 41.7% from a month ago. Meanwhile, the country’s export prices of heavy plates averaged at US$649.3/ton FOB in March, up by 1.8% month on ...
Tags: Japan, Construction, Heavy Plates
According to data released by the Korea Iron & Steel Association (KOSA), Korea’s output of heavy plates totaled 671,000 tons in March, decreasing by 4% month on month and slumping by 31% year on year. In the first quarter of this ...
Tags: Plate Production, Steel
According to report made by Posco Research Institute (Posri), Korea’s demand for heavy plates would fall to 8.27 million tons in 2015, a drop of 8% every year. Posri said that Korea’s domestic demand for heavy plates would ...
Tags: Heavy Plate, Mineral
The Brazilian steelmakers including Companhia Siderurgica Nacional (CSN) and Usiminas are mulling to raise the prices of steel flat products for automobile sectors by 5%~7%, effective from May 2nd. In January, CSN increased the prices of ...
Tags: Steelmakers, Steel
Luxembourg-based steelmaker ArcelorMittal has announced that its Romanian unit ArcelorMittal Galati will supply 7,500 mt of steel plates for a new, 32-tower wind farm in Romania, which has the potential to generate the most megawatts of any ...
Tags: Wind Farm, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
It's reported that Chinese steel giant Taigang released its price policy for hot rolled steel products and medium heavy plates for May. The company decided to cut the prices for hot rolled steel products and medium heavy plates by ...
Tags: steel, Metallurgy, Mineral
The Korean steelmaker Dongkuk Steel decided to reduce slab imports gradually. In the first quarter of this year, Korea's slab imports totaled 334,000 tons. The monthly imports averaged at 110,000 tons, falling by 80,000 tons in comparison ...
Tags: Steel, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
According to statistics, the heavy plates sold by the three major steelmakers in Korea, Posco, Dongkuk Steel and Hyundai Steel totaled 679,000 tons in March, falling by 5.5% from a month ago and hitting the lowest level since 2011. Industry ...
Tags: Mineral, Heavy Plate
According to report, Brazil’s steel mill announced the domestic steel price will be stable after the twice price increases since the beginning of 2013. HRC prices are around BRL1, 750~1,830/ton, as CRC is offered around RBL ...
Tags: Mineral, Steel Flat Prices, Metallurgy
It’s reported that the Chinese Hebei Steel released its price policy for steel flat products for April. The company decided to cut its list prices for hot rolled steel plates and coils by RMB380/ton, to reduce its list prices of cold ...
Tags: Hebei Steel, Cuts Prices, Steel Flats
Brazil's steel distributors association, Inda, has disclosed that its members' steel sales fell 7.5 percent year on year to 317,900 mt in February, decreasing by 13.8 percent compared to January. In the January-February period of the ...
Tags: Steel, Inda, distributors'imports
It’s reported that the prices of medium heavy plates rose by US$30/short ton to US$720~US$740/short ton in the US market last week after the major steelmakers hiked the steel flats prices by US$60/short ton. Furthermore, ...
Tags: Steelmakers, Steel Flats Prices, Steel Flats