First-quarter steel exports surged 40.7 percent to 25.78 million metric tons as mills responded to weak domestic demand and falling prices, the China Iron and Steel Association said on Wednesday. "Although domestic steel companies face ...
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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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Major Indian steelmaker JSW Steel (JSW) has announced its financial and operational results for the first half ended September 30 of the financial year 2014-15, posting a net profit of INR 15.6 billion ($254.4 million), compared to a net ...
Chinese companies are increasing their interest in buying mining companies in Mexico, not just exploring sites, said Humberto Gutierrez-Olvera, president of the Mining Chamber of Mexico (Camimex) this week. Gutierrez-Olvera said Camimex ...
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Chinese electrolytic manganese metal prices rose this week on tightening supplies in the market, sources said Thursday. Major electrolytic manganese metal producers in China have kept their run rates lower due to continued maintenance ...
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Swiss-headquartered resources company Ferrexpo, which controls the Poltava GOK and Yeristovsky GOK iron ore mines in Ukraine, has announced that in the January-May period of the current year its overall iron ore pellet production increased ...
Japanese spot import prices of high-carbon ferrochrome rose this week as Indian producers cut output amid a decline in domestic chrome ore feedstock supplies, market sources said Friday. Platts assessed the spot price of high-carbon lumpy ...
The government of the Indian state of Odisha has allowed operations to resume in eight iron ore mines in the state following its earlier decision to fast-track mining license renewals, according to media reports. The mines that will resume ...
Tags: Iron Ore, Tata Steel
The Indian state of Odisha is expected to renew the iron ore mining licenses of 10 out of 26 local mines within two months, according to a Reuters report quoting an Indian government official saying the license renewal process will be ...
The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) has stated that the Indian Supreme Court order for the temporary closure of about 26 iron ore mines in the Indian state of Odisha may result in a significant fall in ...
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India's Supreme Court has announced a partial mining ban affecting about half of the iron ore mines located in the Indian state of Odisha due to non-renewal of mining leases. The Supreme Court also said that several mines have been found to ...
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Domestic iron ore concentrate prices in north China's Hebei province have declined further by an average 5.7% or Yuan 55/dmt ($11) over the week, in response to both lower domestic steel prices as well as weakening imported iron ore prices, ...
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India-headquartered steel giant Tata Steel Group has issued its group financial results including Tata Steel Europe for the fourth quarter and the full financial year ended March 31. Tata Steel Group's net profit doubled to INR 10.36 ...
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Panzhihua Iron & Steel Group, or Pangang, in southwest China's Sichuan province produced 12.07 million mt of iron ore concentrate from its mines in the Panzhihua area of Sichuan last year, which was up 14.3% on 2012 and a record high for ...
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On October 16, Hebei Province-based Chinese steelmaker Hebei Iron and Steel Group announced that its subsidiary Hebei Iron and Steel Group Mining has received approval from China's Ministry of Land and Resources for the acquisition of the ...