The World Steel Association (worldsteel) expects apparent steel consumption in the US to deliver a return to growth and recovery in 2014-2015, after a decrease of 0.6 percent in 2013, according to its short range outlook. Worldsteel ...
According to the short range outlook of the World Steel Association (worldsteel), in the MENA region, steel demand is expected to grow by 6.1 percent to 66.7 million mt in 2014 after a 0.9 percent increase in 2013. Worldsteel pointed out ...
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According to the short range outlook of the World Steel Association (worldsteel), apparent steel consumption in China is expected to slow to three percent in 2014 amounting to 721.2 million mt, after growth of 6.1 percent in 2013 on the ...
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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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According to the Japanese Ministry of Trade (METI), Japanese demand for crude steel in the second quarter of the current year is expected to total 27.01 million mt, decreasing by 1.2 percent from the first quarter output forecast, with an ...
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Speaking at the SteelOrbis 2014 Spring Conference & 70th IREPAS Meeting in Barcelona, Franc Cardona, the marketing and international affairs director of Spanish steel producer CELSA Group, stated that margins in the long steel product trade ...
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At the AJM Global Iron Ore and Steel Forecast conference held in Perth on March 11, Australian miner BHP Billiton outlined how its focus on productivity and capital efficient debottlenecking in its iron ore business is delivering value. ...
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During Investor Day 2014 held in London on Monday, March 10, ArcelorMittal CEO Lakshmi Mittal said that the current political turmoil in the CIS is likely to impact steel demand in the region, with regional demand growth expected to at ...
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China's iron ore import prices are likely to come under pressure in March, as the expected increase in domestic steel output is unlikely to offset the impact of persistent iron ore oversupply in China, the China Iron & Steel Association ...
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In 2013, amid slowing economic growth and sluggish demand in China, economies overseas witnessed a gradual recovery. Under such circumstances, China's stainless steel imports declined, while its exports continued to increase. Stainless ...
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UAE-based steel producer Emirates Steel Industries (ESI) has announced its financial results for 2013, stating that its sales revenues amounted to AED 6.5 billion ($ 1.8 billion), almost eight percent higher than 2012, despite sluggish ...
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Finland-based steelmaker Ruukki has issued its financial results for the fourth quarter and the full year of 2013, reporting an operating profit of €8 million in the fourth quarter, compared to an operating loss of €34 million in ...
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According to the Economic and Steel Market Outlook 2014-2015/Q1 2014 Report from the Economic Committee of the European Steel Association(EUROFER),in 2013 European Union(EU)steel exports decreased by almost 2.5 percent year on year.In the ...
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Structural reforms and the start of infrastructure projects from the federal government will bring a boost in demand for steel in Mexico, said Verónica Orendain, manager of Heavy and High-Tech Industries of the Mexican Ministry of ...
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The global long steel products market has resumed business after the holiday period, as activity had stopped in many countries from the middle of December up to the first week of January, according to the short-range outlook report issued ...
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