Warren Steel is asking Ohio regulators for an electricity rate discount the company says could allow it to attract "strategic partnerships" and reopen its Warren steelmaking plant that was shut in late March. Warren is the latest in a ...
Crystal IS Inc of Green Island, NY, USA, an Asahi Kasei company that makes proprietary ultraviolet light-emitting diodes (UVC LEDs) grown pseudomorphically (strained) on aluminum nitride (AlN) substrates, has announced availability of its ...
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US steel sheet prices stayed flat on Tuesday as mills remained reluctant to offer lower prices, but sources noted that downward pricing pressure is continuing to develop. Platts maintained its hot-rolled coil assessment at $675-685/st, ...
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Gartner brings more than thirty years of experience in manufacturing and engineering, including establishing and growing manufacturing operations for clean and reliable energy solutions. His expertise and experience will help transition ...
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On March 26, 2014, with the 300 kt/a linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE) plant, the last start-up project in PetroChina Sichuan Integrated Petrochemical and Refinery Complex (Sichuan Project) began to produce qualified polyethylene ...
Ukrainian miner and steel producer Metinvest Group has stated that it will invest around $1 billion in revamping of blast furnace # 4 at its subsidiary Azovstal Iron and Steel Works. On 15 May, the first upgrading and revamping activities ...
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Turkish iron ore imports increased by 25% in the first quarter, on the back of higher blast furnace-based steel output and mills' restocking activity, according to statistics published this week. Data released by the Turkish Statistical ...
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In the first four months of this year, world pig iron production amounted to 393.83 million mt, rising by 1.65 percent compared to the same period of 2013, according to the preliminary data covering 38 countries accounting for approximately ...
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India-headquartered steel giant Tata Steel Group has issued its group financial results including Tata Steel Europe for the fourth quarter and the full financial year ended March 31. Tata Steel Group's net profit doubled to INR 10.36 ...
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Japanese steelmaker Kobe Steel has announced its plans to reline blast furnace No. 3 at its Kakogawa works in western Japan. The company will shut down the blast furnace from the end of September 2016 for a 90-day period to undertake the ...
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GT Advanced Technologies (Nasdaq:GTAT) announced that it will be making its next generation ASF®165 sapphire growth furnace, for the production of high volume and high quality sapphire material, commercially available in Q3'14. The ...
Africa's largest steel producer, ArcelorMittal South Africa, has announced its financial results for the first quarter of the current year, reporting a net profit of ZAR 322 million ($31.1 million), compared to a net loss of ZAR 275 million ...
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GT Advanced Technologies Inc of Merrimack, NH, USA (a provider of polysilicon production technology as well as sapphire and silicon crystalline growth systems and materials for the solar, LED and power electronics markets) says that it will ...
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According to the short-range outlook report issued by IREPAS, the global association of producers and exporters of long steel products, the global long steel products market is still characterized by uncertainty amid the adverse effects of ...
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Brazil-based steel producer Gerdau SA has reported its financial results for the first quarter this year, posting a net profit of R$440 million ($197.3 million), rising from R$160 million in the corresponding quarter of 2013, mainly ...
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