On May 20, the China Iron and Steel Association (CISA) announced that in April this year China's Ministry of Commerce issued import licenses for a total of 108.8685 million mt of iron ore, down 3.87 percent month on month, valued at $11.892 ...
Tags: Iron Ore, Iron Ore Import
On May 16, the China Iron and Steel Association (CISA) announced that in early May (May 1-10) this year the average aggregate daily crude steel output of large and medium-sized steel enterprises in China - all CISA members - totaled 1.824 ...
Tags: Crude Steel, Iron
In March of the current year, steel product orders, including specialty steels, booked by domestic sectors in Japan amounted to 4.81 million metric tons, up 0.42 percent compared to March 2013 and up 2.02 percent compared to February, ...
Tags: Steel Product, specialty steels
On May 9, the China Iron and Steel Association (CISA) announced that in late April (Apr. 21-30) this year the average aggregate daily crude steel output of large and medium-sized steel enterprises in China totaled 1.7959 million mt, up 2.66 ...
Tags: Crude Steel, Iron and Steel
China's steel production has plateaued and mills are focusing on complying with tougher anti-pollution measures instead of expanding capacity, a senior official at the China Iron and Steel Association (CISA) said on Wednesday. The fight ...
Tags: Steel Production, Iron, Steel
The prices of L8 and L10 steelmaking pig iron in northern China's Hebei province traded at Yuan 2,470-2,480 ($401-403)/mt on Tuesday, up from Yuan 2,420-2,470/mt on April 1, both inclusive of 17% VAT. The slight rise in prices was ...
Tags: Pig Iron, Steelmakers
Alacero, the Latin American steel association, has reported that in the first quarter of this year finished steel imports from China to Latin America rose by 95 percent year on year to an all-time quarterly record of 1.9 million m metric ...
Tags: Finished Steel, Steel Imports
In the first quarter of the current year, China's production of pig iron, crude steel and finished steel amounted to 179.71 million mt, 202.70 million mt and 261.41 million mt, respectively, up 0.14 percent, 2.37 percent and 5.3 percent ...
Tags: Steel Output, Crude Steel
On April 28, the China Iron and Steel Association (CISA) announced that in mid-April (Apr. 11-20) this year the average aggregate daily crude steel output of large and medium-sized steel enterprises in China totaled 1.749 million mt, up 0.1 ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, Steel, Crude Steel, Iron
Alacero, the Latin American steel association, has reported that in the first two months of this year apparent finished steel use in Latin America and the Caribbean totaled 10.8 million mt, up one percent year on year. The highest increases ...
Tags: Finished Steel, crude steel
According to data released by the China Iron and Steel Association (CISA) on April 24, as of the end of March (March 31), the composite steel price index (CSPI) for the Chinese domestic market was at 94.83 points, down 1.63 points or 1.69 ...
Tags: Composite Steel, Iron, Steel
On April 23, the China Iron and Steel Association (CISA) announced that in March this year China's Ministry of Commerce issued iron ore import licenses for a total of 104.810 million mt, up 43.58 percent month on month, valued at $12.145 ...
According to the data released by the World Steel Association (worldsteel), global direct reduced iron (DRI) production in the 14 countries accounting for approximately 87 percent of total world DRI production in 2013 amounted to 5.08 ...
Tags: DRI output, worldsteel
In the first quarter of this year, world pig iron production amounted to 295,680 million mt, rising by 2.12 percent compared to the same period of 2013, according to the preliminary data covering 38 countries accounting for approximately 99 ...
Tags: Pig Iron, blast furnace
Japanese steelmaker Kobe Steel has announced that the company provided an exclusive license to FLSmidth Private Limited, enabling the Indian partner to market, design and construct iron ore pellet plants using Kobe Steel's pelletizing ...
Tags: Kobe Steel, Iron Ore