Speaking at the 2014 China Coal, Coke & Steel Industries Conference (CCIC) held in Qingdao on August 21, Wang Xiaoqi, vice chairman of the China Iron and Steel Association (CISA), stated that in the first seven months of the current year ...
Tags: Crude Steel, Metallurgy
Australia-based mining and materials company Arrium Limited has issued its financial results for the financial year 2013-14 ended June 30. In the given period, Arrium achieved an underlying net profit of A$296 million, rising 83 percent ...
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UK-based London Mining, a global diversified miner targeting the steel sector, has announced its financial results for the first half of 2014, posting a net loss of $12.6 million, growing from a net loss of $5 million in the corresponding ...
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Listed companies in Japan saw average pretax profits rise 2% on the year in the April-June quarter, despite April’s consumption tax hike. Automakers and consumer electronics companies were among the top performers in a Nikkei pretax ...
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Australian iron ore miner Fortescue Metals Group has announced its financial results for the financial year 2013-14 ended on June 30. During the given period, Fortescue's net profit amounted to US$2.73 billion, rising 56 percent compared ...
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Australian mining company BHP Billiton has announced its financial results for the year ended June 30 this year. According to the company's financial statement, BHP Billiton has posted a net profit of US$13.83 billion for the financial ...
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As of August 18, inventory of iron ore at 33 major Chinese ports amounted to 108.8 million mt, down 0.47 million mt or 0.43 percent compared to the inventory level recorded on August 11, as announced by China's Xinhua News Agency on August ...
Tags: Chinese Ports, Down, Mineral
International credit rating agency Fitch Ratings has affirmed mining company Samarco’s rating at BBB, with a stable perspective, it said recently. The rating is based on Samarco’s highly profitable operations, low-cost ...
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According to the preliminary data released by Statistics South Africa, in June this year the seasonally adjusted index of iron ore mining production in South Africa decreased by 5.8 percent, while the country's manganese ore production ...
It’s late August, and joining Goodwood and the Notting Hill Carnival is the newest seasonal event on the calendar: speculation about new iPhones. One particular nugget lighting up fans’ eyes – and burning a hole in their ...
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According to a report Thursday from the Lake Carriers' Association, iron ore shipments on the Great Lakes totaled 7,231,506 tons in July, the highest level since July 2008 when 7,318,961 tons were loaded at U.S. and Canadian ports. This ...
On August 14, the China Iron and Steel Association (CISA) announced that in July this year China's Ministry of Commerce (MOC) issued iron ore import licenses for a total of 102.2441 million mt, down 2.60 percent month on month, valued at ...
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The South American mining industry will reach an estimated compound yearly growth rate of about 6.2% from 2012 to 2017, which will take the industry to a total value of $184.3-billion. Some of the world’s largest copper, bauxite, ...
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PERTH (miningweekly.com) – ASX-listed Pilbara Resources has raised A$2.6-million through a share purchase plan (SPP) to advance the Tabba Tabba tantalum project, in Western Australia. The junior miner said on Friday that the SPP, ...
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In September this year, Ukraine's crude steel production is expected to decrease by 3.8 percent compared to the anticipated August result to 2.5 million mt, according to the Ukrainian association of metal producers Metallurgprom. ...
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