While current traded prices for L8 and L10 steelmaking pig iron in northern China's Hebei province have slipped since March 3, the market is likely to see higher traded values in the coming weeks with some offers seen rising by as much as ...
Tags: Pig Iron, steel mills, Iron
In the January-February period of the current year, China's crude steel output amounted to 130.8 million mt, up 1.7 percent year on year, as announced by China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC). The growth rate in question ...
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On March 28, the China Iron and Steel Association (CISA) announced that in mid-March (Mar. 11-20) this year the average aggregate daily crude steel output of large and medium-sized steel enterprises in China totaled 1.6917 million mt, up ...
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Imports will account for close to 80% of China's iron ore requirements by 2016 as deteriorating ore quality makes more domestic supply uncompetitive in a lower price environment, China Hanking chief executive Guocheng Pan told an industry ...
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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 4.54 ...
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In the first two months of this year, world pig iron production amounted to 192.39 million mt, rising by 1.60 percent compared to the same period of 2013, according to the preliminary data covering 38 countries accounting for approximately ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Pig Iron
Crude steel production by the 65 countries reporting to the World Steel Association was 125 million mt in February, up by just 0.6% on the same month last year. Compared with January 2014, February's average daily production of 4.46 ...
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Global crude steel production in February this year increased by 0.6 percent year on year to 124.99 million metric tons, while a 3.69 percent decline was observed on month-on-month basis, according to the World Steel Association ...
Alacero,the Latin American steel association,participated at the recent Economics Committee meeting of the World Steel Association(worldsteel)held in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates(UAE).During the meeting the Economics Committee ...
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The European Steel Association (EUROFER) has stated that 64 CEOs of European steel companies have urged the heads of state and governments in Europe to restore the balance between industrial, energy and climate policies in order to preserve ...
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The European Steel Association (EUROFER) has stated that the growing uncertainties in Ukraine show once again the strong correlation between security of supply and increasing energy prices in Europe. Russian state gas monopoly Gazprom ...
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On March 11, the China Iron and Steel Association (CISA) announced that in late February (Feb. 21-28) this year the average aggregate daily crude steel output of large and medium-sized steel enterprises in China totaled 1.8041 million mt, ...
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According to the data released by the Japan Iron and Steel Association (JISF), steel product orders, including specialty steels, booked by domestic steel consuming sectors in Japan in January of the current year amounted to 7.43 million ...
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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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The profitability of steelmakers based in China's Hebei Province remained low in 2013, with 16 percent of key steel companies in the province suffering losses, according to media reports citing the recent 2014 board meeting of the Hebei ...
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