The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) this week submitted comments to the inter-agency Trade Policy Staff Committee, led by the US Trade Representative (USTR), outlining specific instances where "foreign government laws, policies, ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, steel
The Mexican National Mining Alliance warned this week that approval of the tax on coal production and carbon dioxide emissions would threaten to eliminate 400,000 direct and indirect jobs in the steel industry. Union leaders interviewed ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
Chinese steelmakers, already obsessed with low profit margins, have been told to increase their environmental investment to help the country reduce air pollution. As part of an action plan to curb air pollution, the Chinese government is ...
Tags: steel, Construction
Major steel companies will achieve profits of 20 billion yuan ($3.25 billion) for the year, more than a tenfold increase on last year, even though the industry faces problems, including overcapacity and rising costs, a leading industry ...
Tags: Construction, steel
Reportedly, Taiwan's stainless steel producer Yieh United Steel Corp (Yusco) mulls to buy Outokumpu's subsidiary stainless steel plant Acciai Speciali Terni (AST) in Terni, Italy, attempting to expand its global layout. AST was put up for ...
Tags: taiwan, steel, Construction
Brazil needs its own global technology companies if it is to capitalise on its market growth, says Antonio Gil, president of Brasscom, Brazil's technology industry trade body. Brasscom represents 45 companies in Brazil's IT industry and ...
Tags: Computer Products
The domestic iron and steel industry began to turn a profit in July largely driven by the rebound of market demands and steel prices, but this may be hard to maintain in the fourth quarter as the cost of raw materials will increase, the ...
Tags: Steel, Iron, Construction
Reportedly, China's iron and steel industry is on red alert. Profits have plunged by over capacity and fierce competition, moreover, the level of pollution is severely rising. According to China Iron and Steel Association that nearly half ...
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State-owned Shougang, one of China's largest steel companies, resumed operations at its 300 mt/year gas-to-ethanol pilot plant in Jingtang, northern China, in August, following a halt in February due to a technical glitch, a spokesman at ...
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The imports of Indonesian laterite via Ganyu Port in Lianyungang grew substantially. From January to August, the imports of Indonesian laterite via Ganyu Port hit more than 2 million tons. The imported laterite are mainly used as raw ...
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Russkaya Stal (Russian Steel), a non-profit association of Russian domestic steelmakers, has reported that its main member enterprises produced 4.55 million metric tons of finished steel in July this year, up 2.7 percent from June and ...
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According to Goldman Sachs's analysts, Brazilian steelmakers are likely to increase prices of their flat steel that sold to domestic carmakers by 5% by the end of this year. The vehicle manufacturers maintain long-term contracts with steel ...
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Almost all of the iron ore imported from Mexico were found to be of low quality at the port in Hebei Province in the first half of 2013, news portal. According to the report, the office of Hebei entry-exit inspection and quarantine bureau ...
Tags: Iron Ore, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
It is reported that Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp and 3 other steel companies have announced that they will build an experimental hydrogen-fueled blast furnace to reduce CO2 emissions. The furnace is part of a project by the Japan ...
India's steel ministry has stated that reducing the country's iron ore export tax from the current 30 percent might negatively affect the raw material security of the domestic steel industry and, contrary to the government's view, would ...
Tags: Steel Ministry, Iron Ore Export