Baker Hughes reported that for the week ending April 4, 2014 the US rig count increased by nine to 1,818, following a six-rig increase the previous week.? The rig count is still up by 80 from 1,738 rigs during the same week a year ago.? The ...
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Global steel giant ArcelorMittal has announced that it will supply 160,000 mt of high performance steel from its plate mills in Burns Harbor, Coatesville and Conshohocken in the US to be used in the $3.9 billion "New NY Bridge" project. The ...
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The Turkish Steel Exporters' Association (CIB) has announced that the safeguard investigations launched by Colombia in August 2013 regarding rebar, steel section and pipe imports from Turkey have been concluded in favor of Turkey. ...
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Schnitzer Steel Industries, Inc. reported Thursday adjusted earnings per share of $0.13 and earnings per share of $0.07 for its fiscal 2014 second quarter ended February 28, 2014. The Metals Recycling Business delivered a substantial ...
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US over-the-counter thermal coal prices changed little Thursday, as competing natural gas futures got a boost from end-of-season gas storage stocks falling to 822 Bcf, a level not seen since 2003. The increased consumption of gas this ...
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Indian steel producer Essar has announced that its Projects Minerals & Metals Asset has won a second contract from Indian state-owned steelmaker Steel Authority of India (SAIL) for a project at the SAIL Bhilai steel plant in Chhattisgarh. ...
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In an effort to improve compliance with laws that protect children from lead paint poisoning, EPA is sending letters to approximately 200 home renovation and painting contractors, property management companies and landlords in and around ...
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In 2013, the net loss of Russian steelmaker Ashinskiy Metallurgical Works (Ashinskiy) increased by 10.5 times compared to 2012, rising to RUB 755.5 million ($21.4 million), according to Russian media sources. The reasons for the surge in ...
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According to the statistics released by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK), in March this year the domestic producer price index (PPI) for Turkish industry in general rose by 0.74 percent over February and was up 12.31 percent year on ...
In the first quarter of the current year, Turkey's steel exports totaled 4.6 million mt, down 11 percent year on year, while the value of these exports decreased by 8.9 percent year on year to $3.4 billion, according to the data released by ...
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Finland-based steelmaker Ruukki has announced that it has added a new grade to its Optim portfolio of high-strength structural steels. The new Optim 700 QL1 is a structural steel with improved impact strength properties. According to ...
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In February this year, Brazilian miner Vale's iron ore export volume totaled 20.03 million mt, increasing by 3.29 percent year on year, according to Brazil's National Union of the Industry of Extraction of Iron and Base Metals (Sinferbase). ...
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According to the Japanese Ministry of Trade (METI), Japanese demand for crude steel in the second quarter of the current year is expected to total 27.01 million mt, decreasing by 1.2 percent from the first quarter output forecast, with an ...
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According to the Indian government's Press Information Bureau (PIB), iron ore handling has commenced at Mormugao Port in the Indian state of Goa with an iron ore shipment of 70,000 mt destined for China, following the easing of the ban by ...
Colombian coal exports in February fell 44% month on month to 4.067 million mt, which was 15.1% higher year on year, data from statistics agency DANE showed. The fall to the the lowest monthly level since March 2013 came amid a ban on ...
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