The spot price for South African charge chrome (48-52% Cr) was assessed at 83-84 cents/pound CIF China Friday, down from 83-85 cents/lb CIF China assessed the previous week, amid slow demand. The spot price of Indian-origin high carbon ...
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The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported Friday that for the month of September 2013, US steel mills shipped 7,879,747 net tons, a 5.6 percent decrease from the 8,343,075 net tons shipped in the previous month, August 2013, and ...
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The price spread between Asian paraxylene and isomer-grade mixed xylenes narrowed $19/mt Monday from Friday's level, to $173/mt, a one year-low, as MX was strengthening amid a bearish PX market, Platts data showed. Isomer-MX on an FOB ...
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Japan's scrap aluminum prices have risen by 5-8% from a month ago due to tightening supply, local trade sources said Tuesday. Prices for telik, used by secondary aluminum alloy smelters, were heard in the range of Yen 135-140/kg ...
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As of November 4, inventory of iron ore at 25 major Chinese ports amounted to 77.82 million mt, indicating an increase of 1.29 million mt or 1.68 percent week on week, as announced by China's Xinhua News Agency on November 4,. As of the ...
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Basque region, Spain-based seamless stainless steel pipe producer Tubacex has announced its financial results for the first nine months of the current year. Its net profit totaled €11.85 million in the given period, increasing by 26.5 ...
According to a report from the American Iron and Steel Institute, in the week ending November 2, 2013, domestic raw steel production was 1,833,000 net tons while the capability utilization rate was 76.5 percent. Production was 1,707,000 net ...
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The Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT) has determined that there is a reasonable indication that the dumping of hot rolled (HR) carbon steel plate from Brazil, Taiwan, Denmark, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, and South Korea has caused ...
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In October of the current year, iron ore shipments from Australia's Port Hedland fell by just 0.1 percent compared to September and were up 33 percent year on year, totaling 28.9 million metric tons. According to the information released ...
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On November 4, Chinese steelmaker Chongqing Iron and Steel Co., Ltd (Chongqing Steel) announced that in the January-October period this year it achieved a pig iron output of 4,822,900 mt, a crude steel output of 4,876,600 mt, a finished ...
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A new challenge to Big River Steel's $1.1 billion Arkansas steel mill could delay the project's development, although state officials told local news outlets that they are confident construction of the mill will proceed.? The project's air ...
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ArcelorMittal South Africa has announced that it has signed a new iron ore supply agreement with Kumba Iron Ore which will regulate the sale of up to 6.25 million mt per year of iron ore by Sishen Iron Ore Company (SIOC) to ArcelorMittal ...
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In a report from the American Institute for International Steel (AIIS), US steel exports increased in August compared to July by 5.5 percent, and were down compared to August 2012 by 2.1 percent, according to government data released late ...
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Rimera Group, a services division of Russian steel pipe producer ChTPZ, has announced that its shipments to CIS customers were up by more than 30 percent year on year in the first nine months of the current year. During this time, the ...
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Swedish specialty steel producer SSAB has posted its financial results for the third quarter and the first nine months of the current year, reporting a net loss of SEK 520 million ($79.7 million) for the third quarter, compared to a net ...
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