Japan-based Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. (NSSMC), the world's second biggest steel producer, has denied media reports suggesting that the steelmaker will shut down the oldest of its three blast furnaces at its steel mill in Kimitsu ...
According to the Mineral Industry Survey released by the US Geological Survey (USGS), US iron ore production in December 2012 was 4.65 million mt, up 1.5 percent over the November level and up slightly by 0.4 percent year on year. In 2012, ...
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Michael Setterdahl from Nucor, chairman of the traders' committee at the SteelOrbis Spring 2013 Conference & 68th IREPAS Meeting held on March 3-5 in Doha, stated that it was the view of traders' committee that customers worldwide currently ...
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At the SteelOrbis 2013 Spring Conference & 68th IREPAS Meeting held in Doha on March 3-5, Phil Eglin from World Steel Dynamics (WSD) has said that the recent slowdown in Chinese steel demand is a result of the slowdown in fixed asset ...
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On February 21, Sichuan Province-based Pangang Xichang Steel & Vanadium Co., a subsidiary of Sichuan-based Chinese steel producer Panzhihua Iron and Steel Group (Pangang Group), has launched production at coke oven No. 4 of its coal ...
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Taranto-based Italian steel producer Ilva has announced it is preparing to launch the massive investment plan needed to modernize its production facilities in accordance with the Environmental Integrated Authorization (EIA) issued by the ...
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ArcelorMittal, the world’s biggest steelmaker, announced the temporarily shutdown of its steel plant and rolling mills in Warsaw due to weak demand. The steel giant last week has suspended facilities in Belgium and close two idled ...
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According to a statement released by the Turkish Iron and Steel Producers' Association (DCUD), in 2012 Turkey's crude steel production rose by 5.2 percent year on year reaching 35.9 million mt. The DCUD said that Turkey's crude steel output ...
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Reportedly, BlueScope Steel planned to cut its steel production capacity including output of cold rolled, metallic coated and painted sheet at its Western Port works plant. The company said that its coated steel production is likely ...
Global steelmaker ArcelorMittal is considering resuming a blast furnace in its Dunkerque steel plant in northern France, according to media reports. The restart decision is believed to be a result of the slight rise in European steel ...
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Indian state-owned steel producer Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) has announced that its pig iron output increased by two percent year on year to 10.7 million mt in the April-December period of 2012. In the period in question, ...
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Business Standard reported that iron ore starved steel industry in and around Karnataka might have to wait for a longer period to get smooth supply of key raw material for its blast furnaces as the opening of Category B mines, which contain ...
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Business Recorder reported that Pakistan Steel Mills Board of Directors has directed the management to obtain the opinion of Ukrainian contractors regarding the possibility of damage to the Coke Oven Battery-1 if it is preserved ...
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Ukrainian metallurgical enterprises have continued the upgrading of blast furnaces by installing coal injection facilities amid gas price hikes and tough competition on the domestic and foreign markets in 2012. Mr Anatoliy Starovoit ...
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Mr Beni Prasad Verma the minister of Steel said that the process of expansion of Visakhapatnam Steel Plant’s production capacity to 6.3 million tonne per annum against original capacity of 3 million tonne per annum of liquid steel is ...
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