As riots erupted in Turkey and protesters and government officials took to social media to fire back and forth online, the country's prime minister called Twitter a "curse." Istanbul is seeing its fourth day of violent public ...
Just a few months after the successful Open House held at its Italian headquarters, evidence of the new image and new product strategy: Itema will be on display at Istanbul ITM 2013. With a focused approach, Itema incorporated the best of ...
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Austrian steelmaker voestalpine has announced that it has received significant interest from potential customers for the sponge iron to be produced at its direct reduction plant planned to be built just outside the city of Corpus Christi, ...
Tags: raw mat, USA, Mexico, North America, steelmaking, Voestalpine, Istanbul
According to the latest data released by the Swedish Steel Producers' Association (Jernkontoret), in April this year Swedish crude steel production amounted to 399,900 metric tons, decreasing by 11.6 percent year on year and up 2.14 percent ...
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London-based Stemcor, the world's largest independent steel trader, has hired Simon Freakley as chief restructuring officer, within the scope of negotiations with banks on more than $1 billion of debt, according to Bloomberg. Stemcor will ...
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The global economy is moving forward, but divergence between countries and regions reflects the uneven progress made toward recovery from the economic crisis, according to the OECD's latest Economic Outlook. The OECD indicated that ...
Japanese steelmaker Kobe Steel has announced that, to increase the competitiveness of its steelworks, it has decided on large-scale investments including a new hot-metal treatment plant, a new heat treatment furnace for steel plate, and ...
Tags: Japan, Far East, investments, steelmaking, Kobe Steel, Istanbul
Australian miner BHP Billiton has said that it expects the coal market to be "comfortably supplied" in the near term, with Australian quality hard coking coals expected to remain among the most highly valued. According to BHP Billiton, the ...
Tags: coking coal, raw mat, Australia, Oceania, BHP, opinion, mining, Istanbul
Global steel giant ArcelorMittal has announced that its South African unit ArcelorMittal South Africa is supplying China's Sinohydro Corporation with reinforcing steel from its Newcastle plant for a number of hydroelectric projects across ...
Tags: rebar, longs, Zambia, Africa, ArcelorMittal, steelmaking, Istanbul
In 2012, world stainless crude steel output stood at 35.4 million mt, up 5.2 percent year on year, hitting a new record for a single year, according to the preliminary report released by the International Stainless Steel Forum (ISSF). ...
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According to the preliminary data released by the World Steel Association (worldsteel), global direct reduced iron (DRI) production in the 12 countries accounting for approximately 83 percent of total world DRI production in 2012 totaled ...
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Pakistan-based Tuwairqi Steel Mills Limited (TSML) has recorded the highest-ever production rate of an iron making plant in Pakistan during the plant demonstration test conducted under the expert supervision of the US-based plantmaker ...
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Taiwan's industrial production index in April this year fell by 0.9 percent as compared to April 2012 after falling by a revised three percent year on year in March, and was down 1.4 percent month on month, according to the country's ...
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Speaking at the SteelOrbis Market Talks Meeting held in Istanbul, Mehmet Zeren, general secretary of Turkey's Steel Pipe Manufacturers Association (CEBID), informed participants about upcoming steel pipeline projects in Turkey. These ...
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According to a report by Latin American steel association Alacero, crude steel production in Latin America totaled 5.7 million metric tons during April this year, stable compared to the same month last year. In the first four months of the ...
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