In February this year, Turkey's billet and bloom import volume decreased by 48.14 percent year on year to 185,927 metric tons, down 30.32 percent compared to the previous month, according to the data provided by the Turkish Statistical ...
Tags: Steel, Steel Billet, Billet
In the first two months of this year, Japan's cold rolled sheet and strip shipments increased by 0.66 percent on year-on-year basis to 1.05 million metric tons, according to the Japan Iron and Steel Federation (JISF) data. 56 percent of ...
Tags: CR Sheet, Strip, Steel, Construction
There were 6,035 sub 50 kW PV installations registered during the week ending 30th March 2014, compared to 3,409 in the week ending 23rd March 2014. This takes the total number of sub 50 kW solar PVs registered on the MCS database to over ...
According to the data released by the Export and Import Division of South Korea's Ministry of Knowledge Economy (MOTIE), the country's trade balance indicated a $4.19 billion surplus in March this year. Meanwhile, in the first three months ...
Tags: Construction, Steel
In Sweden, industrial production decreased by 2.2 percent in February this year compared to January and rose by 1.7 percent year on year in working day-adjusted figures, according to Statistics Sweden (SCB). On the other hand, the ...
Tags: Basic Metal, Metallurgy, Mineral
In the first two months of this year, Turkey's scrap imports moved upwards, after decreasing 12 percent in 2013 compared to 2012, according to the report released by the Turkish Iron and Steel Producers' Association (TCUD). In the given ...
Tags: Scrap, Metallurgy, Mineral
In February this year, Turkey's stainless flat steel imports rose by 23.48 percent year on year and decreased by 13.62 percent compared to the previous month to 35,254 metric tons, following the 8.14 percent month-on-month decrease recorded ...
Tags: Stainless Flat Steel, Metallurgy, Mineral, Steel
Indian state-owned steelmaker Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) has announced that its finished steel sales increased by seven percent year-on-year to 12.1 million mt in financial year 2013-14 ending March 31. Growth in domestic sales ...
Tags: steel, Metallurgy, Mineral, finished steel
Singapore 380 CST high sulfur bunker fuel prices dipped to a 21-month low of $586/mt Wednesday, on the back of weak demand and bearish crude. The outright price was last lower June 29, 2012, when it was $578.50, Platts data showed. ...
Tags: fuel, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
State-owned China Petroleum and Chemical Corp, or Sinopec, hiked its ex-works price for benzene in East China by Yuan 100/mt ($16/mt), or 1.23%, to Yuan 8,200/mt effective Tuesday, market sources said Wednesday. It is the first increase ...
Tags: Chemicals, Metallurgy, Mineral, Petroleum
Refined global zinc usage is to increase 4.5% this year to 13.58 million mt, the International Lead & Zinc Study Group said Thursday. "It is anticipated that, after having risen by 4.9% in 2013, world usage of refined zinc metal will ...
Tags: Zinc, Metallurgy, Mineral, Zinc mine
Based on the Commerce Department's most recent Steel Import Monitoring and Analysis (SIMA) data, the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported Wednesday that steel import permit applications for the month of March total 3,485,000 ...
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In the January-March period of the current year, coal production in Russia went up by 0.4 percent year on year to 85.85 million mt, including 28.75 million mt of coal produced in March, according to Russia's Central Dispatching Department ...
Tags: Coal, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
Jiangxi Province-based Chinese steelmaker Fangda Special Steel has issued its financial results for 2013, announcing an operating revenue of RMB 13.215 billion ($2.17 billion), down 1.05 percent year on year, while it saw a net profit of ...
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Indian steel rim producer Steel Strips Wheels Ltd (SSWL) has announced that in March this year it sold 1.26 million steel wheel rims, indicating a 12 percent growth year on year. In the given month, the company's wheel rim exports amounted ...
Tags: Steel Wheel Rims, Steel, Metallurgy, Mineral