Major European iron ore concentrate producer Northland Resources has announced its financial results for the third quarter and the first nine months of the current year, stating that, after a difficult second quarter when the future of the ...
Russian steel producer Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works (MMK) has announced its financial results for the third quarter of the current year according to International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). In the third quarter, MMK saw a ...
According to a report released by the German Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), in October this year the import price of iron ore increased by 19.5 percent year on year in Germany, following the 6.4 percent year-on-year increase ...
Tags: iron ore, raw mat, steelmaking
Austrian steelmaker voestalpine has announced that it has received significant interest from potential customers for the sponge iron to be produced at its direct reduction plant planned to be built just outside the city of Corpus Christi, ...
Tags: raw mat, USA, Mexico, North America, steelmaking, Voestalpine, Istanbul
Australian miner BHP Billiton has said that it expects the coal market to be "comfortably supplied" in the near term, with Australian quality hard coking coals expected to remain among the most highly valued. According to BHP Billiton, the ...
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In the first quarter of the current year, Belgian crude steel production amounted to 1.8 million mt, falling by four percent year on year and up 5.1 percent compared to the fourth quarter of 2012, according to the Belgian Steel Federation ...
Tags: wire rod, hrc, crc, raw mat, longs, flats, stainless, Belgium, Europe
In 2012, world stainless crude steel output stood at 35.4 million mt, up 5.2 percent year on year, hitting a new record for a single year, according to the preliminary report released by the International Stainless Steel Forum (ISSF). ...
Tags: raw mat, stainless, China, Europe, production, steelmaking, Istanbul
According to the preliminary data released by the World Steel Association (worldsteel), global direct reduced iron (DRI) production in the 12 countries accounting for approximately 83 percent of total world DRI production in 2012 totaled ...
Tags: raw mat, India, Iran, Mexico, Europe, production, steelmaking, Istanbul
Pakistan-based Tuwairqi Steel Mills Limited (TSML) has recorded the highest-ever production rate of an iron making plant in Pakistan during the plant demonstration test conducted under the expert supervision of the US-based plantmaker ...
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According to the data provided by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK), in the first quarter of the current year, Turkey's coking coal imports totaled 6.3 million metric tons, decreasing 4.1 percent compared to the same period of 2012. ...
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According to a report by the Australian Bureau of Resources and Energy Economics (BREE), in the past 12 months mining and energy projects worth A$150 billion have been delayed or cancelled in Australia. The report also indicated that the ...
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According to a report by Latin American steel association Alacero, crude steel production in Latin America totaled 5.7 million metric tons during April this year, stable compared to the same month last year. In the first four months of the ...
Tags: raw mat, longs, flats, South America, production, consumption, steelmaking
Iran's government is considering imposing a tax of up to 40 percent on iron ore exports to benefit from the increase in iron ore sales to China, according to Reuters. During the first quarter of the current year, Iran's iron ore exports ...
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Colombia exported 31,512 mt of ferronickel in the first quarter of this year, falling 20.6 percent, with a value of $181 million, falling 31.4 percent, both year on year, as announced by the Colombian National Administrative Department of ...
Tags: alloys, raw mat, Colombia, South America, imp/exp statistics, steelmaking