Sweden-based special steel producer Ovako has announced that the commercial court of Nanterre in France has made a decision regarding the bid concerning the assets of French engineering steel producer Ascometal in favor of the French ...
Tags: Bankrupt Ascometal
The US ferrous scrap import market was quiet in East Asia during the week, regional traders said Thursday. Importing mills were staying away because they believed US scrap prices were likely to soften after iron ore broke the $100/dry mt ...
Tags: Steel Mills, Bulk Scrap
The US hot-rolled coil steel sheet market Wednesday saw prices trend move down for the second time this week as buyers and at least one producer reported lower offers and transaction prices. One Midwestern service center source said HRC ...
Tags: Steel Sheet, Hot-Rolled Steel
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 ...
Tags: Iron Ore
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 ...
Tags: Pig Iron, iron production
The Canadian International Trade Tribunal has announced that it has initiated an expiry review to determine if the continued or resumed dumping of hot rolled carbon steel plate and high strength low-alloy steel plate from Ukraine is likely ...
Tags: Steel Plates, Steel
In the first quarter this year, Colombia exported 33,206 mt of ferronickel, increasing by 5.4 percent, with a value of $136.31 million, down 24.7 percent, both year on year, as announced by the Colombian National Administrative Department ...
Tags: Ferronickel Exports, ferronickel
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 4.84 ...
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According to the Brazil Steel Institute (IABr), Brazilian crude steel production in the first four months of the current year amounted to 11.13 million metric tons, 0.1 percent higher year on year. In the same period, Brazilian rolled steel ...
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Global crude steel production in April this year increased by 1.7 percent year on year to 136.63 million metric tons, while a 3.33 percent fall was observed on month-on-month basis, according to the World Steel Association (worldsteel). In ...
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The Canadian International Trade Tribunal has announced that it has found that the dumping of hot rolled carbon steel plate imports from Brazil, Denmark, Indonesia, Italy, Japan and South Korea has not caused but is threatening to cause ...
Tags: AD Duty, Hot Rolled Plate
Brazil-based Gerdau Corsa opened a new mill this week in Ciudad Sahagún, Hidalgo, Mexico with an investment of US$600 million. The facility will be fully operational by August 2014 and will have an annual installed capacity of one ...
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Recently Sinotruk Mianyang Special Vehicle Company released equal-stiffness lightweight dumpers to meet changing market needs and trends. Mianyang Special Vehicle Company absorbs the advantages of lightweight dumpers in China and adopts ...
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Turkish rebar producer Izmir Demir elik Sanayi A.. (IDC) has announced its financial results for the first quarter of the current year, remarking that global apparent steel consumption in 2014 is expected to grow 3.1 percent, while apparent ...
Tags: Steel Exports, IDC
A 31-count indictment filed in the US District Court Monday charged Chinese hackers with gaining illegal access to a handful of Pittsburgh-area industrial firms, including US Steel. The charges against five officers in the Chinese military ...
Tags: Steel, US District Court