The US steel coil market remained tight Monday as lead times are now stretching into June and July and mill discipline continues to be iron-clad, market sources said. "They're a little flexible on volume, but it really depends on who ...
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Sichuan Province-based Pangang Xichang Steel & Vanadium Co., a subsidiary of Sichuan-based Chinese steel producer Panzhihua Iron and Steel Group (Pangang Group), has put its cold rolled project into operation, as reported by Sichuan Daily ...
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Based on the US Commerce Department’s most recent Steel Import Monitoring and Analysis (SIMA) data, the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported Wednesday that steel import permit applications for the month of April total ...
In April this year, Germany's crude steel output decreased by 8.4 percent month on month to 3.71 million metric tons, rising by 3.9 percent compared to April 2013, according to the information provided by the German steel federation ...
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The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported Friday that for the month of March 2014, US steel mills shipped 8,337,578 net tons, a 9.4 percent increase from the 7,618,380 net tons shipped in the previous month, February 2014, and a ...
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Global steelmaker Tata Steel has announced that its Netherlands-based subsidiary Service Center Maastricht will commission a large heavy gauge decoiler by the end of the current year which will serve the growing markets in Europe for high ...
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On May 6, China's Ministry of Commerce (MOC) announced that during last week (April 28-May 4) the overall average finished steel price in China declined by 0.1 percent compared to the previous week. In the given week, the average prices ...
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In the first four months of the current year, Turkey's steel exports totaled 6.3 million mt, down 7.6 percent year on year, while the value of these exports decreased by 7.1 percent year on year to $4.7 billion, according to the data ...
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Russian steel giant Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works (MMK) has announced that its Turkey-based subsidiary MMK Metalurji's finished steel output decreased by 16 percent year on year to 149,000 mt in the first quarter this year. In the given ...
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Cold-rolled coil pricing increased in the US on Tuesday as buyers and sellers reported higher offers and transactions. "I have not heard of anyone quoting below $800/st for CRC and more have been between $810-820/st. Everything that I am ...
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In mid-April (April 11-20) this year, the average prices of 219 mm x 6 mm seamless pipe in China were recorded at RMB 4,271.8/mt ($696.87/mt), indicating a decline of RMB 1.7/mt compared to prices in early April (April. 1-10), as announced ...
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Speaking on behalf of World Steel Dynamics (WSD) at SteelHome's 10th Steel Development Strategy Conference held recently in Shanghai, Wu Wenzheng, president of SteelHome, said that WSD's global steel output forecast for 2014 is 1.61 billion ...
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Based on preliminary Census Bureau data, the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported Wednesday that the US imported a total of 3,219,000 net tons (nt) of steel in March, including 2,425,000 nt of finished steel (down 2.0 percent ...
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According to the report released by Argentina's steel chamber, in March this year the country's crude steel production was up 24 percent month on month and increased by 0.9 percent year on year, amounting to 471,800 metric tons. Production ...
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On April 23, Liaoning Province-based Chinese steelmaker Benxi Iron and Steel (Group) Co. (Benxi Steel or Bengang) announced that in 2013 it registered an operating revenue of RMB 40.329 billion ($6.58 billion), down 0.62 percent year on ...
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