West coast Indian miner Fomento Resources has offered a cargo of 57%-Fe iron ore fines material through a spot tender Thursday, making this the first iron ore shipment the miner will send out of Goa after the state's mining bans were ...
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Chinese steelmakers are facing more headwinds this year as economic growth slows and need government support to tackle long-term overcapacity, the chairman of Anshan Iron & Steel Group said. China's steel sector has been struggling with ...
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Although dwindling domestic demand and excess capacity have shrunk profit margins for most Chinese steelmakers, it has inspired some to tap overseas markets for sustained, long-term growth. Hebei Iron &Steel Co, China's second-largest ...
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According to the China Iron and Steel Association (CISA), in the January-August period this year the overall sales revenues of China's 88 large and medium-size steelmakers - all CISA members - totaled RMB 2.4142 trillion ($393.19 billion), ...
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The world's second biggest steelmaker Japan-based Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. (NSSMC) has announced its financial results for the first quarter ended June 30 of the financial year 2014-15, posting a net profit of JPY 48.3 billion ...
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According to the China Iron and Steel Association (CISA), in May this year the overall sales revenue of China's 80 large and medium-size steelmakers - all CISA members - totaled RMB 316.655 billion ($51.66 billion), down 0.53 percent month ...
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The Singapore Exchange (SGX) will launch two coking coal swaps contracts in July settled against prices produced by The Steel Index (TSI), to capitalize on growing interest in steel raw materials derivatives, the exchange said in a ...
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The seaborne iron ore market reversed losses Thursday, as an influx of buying activity suddenly emerged in the spot market. Platts assessed the 62% Fe Iron Ore Index at $116.25/dry mt CFR North China Thursday, up $1.50/dmt from Wednesday. ...
Tags: Iron Ore, Interest Resurfaces, spot market
Chinese steelmakers cut their scrap purchase prices steadily this week, following the downward trend in futures and steelmaking raw materials markets, led by Shagang Group, the country's largest scrap consumer in eastern China's Jiangsu ...
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Around a quarter of Australian metallurgical coal is sold on a spot basis following a significant increase in production and the fact that the primary buyer, China, prefers short-term pricing, an analysis of Platts data and a survey of ...
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Commission encourages Chinese steelmakers to boost global footprint Chinese steelmakers that have lost money because of volatile global iron ore prices should invest more in foreign mineral resources to gain greater pricing power, the ...
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Electrolytic manganese metal prices remained stable for two consecutive weeks as a fall in spot supply balanced waning demand from international buyers. Platts assessed 99.7% manganese at $2,170-2,220/mt FOB China Thursday, unchanged from ...
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It is reported that one of the biggest Chinese steelmakers Baotou Steel Union will raise US$4.9 billion private share placement in order to buy assets from its parent and replenish working capital. The Inner Mongolia-based company said in ...
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Chinese steelmakers' profits will remain low next year as output remains high and demand growth slows, said industry experts. The ratings agency Moody's Investors Service said on Wednesday that its outlook for the Asian steel and coal ...
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The World Steel Association (worldsteel) co-hosted with the China Iron and Steel Association (CISA) and the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, Automotive Industry Committee (CCPIT-Auto) a major one day conference on ...