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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China's steel production has plateaued and mills are focusing on complying with tougher anti-pollution measures instead of expanding capacity, a senior official at the China Iron and Steel Association (CISA) said on Wednesday. The fight ...
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The theme of the new products Fiam launched at the 53rd Salone del Mobile this year is irony, a concept as fluid and subtle as glass. Irony is used in terms of ceaseless technological research and experimentation, fuelled by Fiam's absolute ...
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China has raised its target to close outdated steel smelting capacity to 28.7 million tons in 2014, the industry ministry said on Thursday, as it tries to rein in inefficient and polluting industries. The figure is above the 27 million ...
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Germany-based steelmaker Salzgitter Group has announced its preliminary financial results for the first quarter of the current year. The company's pre-tax loss amounted to €8.7 million in the first quarter, compared to a pre-tax loss ...
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Duisburg, Germany-based steel and metal distribution company Kl?ckner & Co. has reported a net profit of €3 million for the first quarter this year, compared to the net loss of €16 million in the same quarter of the previous year. ...
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Swedish specialty steel producer SSAB has announced that it has extended the period of the share exchange offer for all the issued and outstanding shares of Finland-based steelmaker Ruukki to end on June 27, 2014, unless the offer period is ...
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According to the preliminary data released by Statistics South Africa (SSA), in March this year South Africa's manufacturing output rose by 0.7 percent compared to the same month of 2013. The main reasons for the increase included the 4.6 ...
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International credit rating agency Standard and Poor's (S&P) has announced that it has affirmed its 'BBB+' long-term rating for South Korean steelmaker POSCO, with the outlook remaining negative. S&P said that it expects POSCO's credit ...
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According to the statistics released by the US International Trade Commission (US ITC), in March this year exports of iron and steel scrap from the US amounted to 1.33 million mt, increasing by 11.12 percent from February and down 32.19 ...
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Uzbekistan-based steel producer Uzmetkombinat has announced that in the first quarter this year it increased its crude steel output by 1.1 percent year on year to 177,000 mt, while its rolled steel production went up by 0.2 percent compared ...
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Luxembourg-headquartered global stainless steel producer Aperam SA, which was spun off by ArcelorMittal and separately listed in 2011, has announced its financial results for the first quarter of 2014. In the first quarter, Aperam ...
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China exported 7.54 million mt of finished steel in April this year, up 11.5 percent month on month, while it exported 25.87 million mt of finished steel in the January-April period of the year, rising by 29.5 percent year on year, ...
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Sao Paulo, Brazil-based iron ore mining company and flat rolled steel producer Companhia Siderurgica Nacional (CSN) has announced its financial results for the first quarter this year. In the first quarter, CSN registered a net profit of ...
India's finished steel consumption totaled 73.93 million mt in the whole of the last Indian fiscal year (started April 1, 2013-ended March 31, 2014), with a 0.6 percent year-on-year increase, according to provisional estimates released by ...
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