The European Steel Association (EUROFER) has stated that the growing uncertainties in Ukraine show once again the strong correlation between security of supply and increasing energy prices in Europe. Russian state gas monopoly Gazprom ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Energy, gas
Global steel giant ArcelorMittal has announced that it is investing around $15 million in the production of advanced high strength steel at its Vega do Sul flat steel rolling mill in the state of Santa Catarina in southern Brazil. The ...
Tags: steel, coating, automotive
In the January-February period this year, China's overall value-added industrial output increased by 8.6 percent year on year, as announced by China's National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on March 13. In January-February this year, of the ...
Tags: industrial output, automobile, Energy
After seven years of close-but-no-cigar, Canada's Cameco (TSX:CCO, NYSE:CCJ), the world's number one listed uranium producer, finally announced Thursday that production at its Cigar Lake mine in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan has ...
Tags: uranium producer, Denison
Brazil's iron ore export volume amounted to 22.63 million mt in February this year, decreasing by 8.40 percent compared to January and up 9.46 percent compared to the same month of 2013, according to the information released by the ...
Tags: Iron Ore, flat steel, semi-finished products
Brazil's motor vehicle output in February this year increased by 18.7 percent from the previous month and rose by 16.9 percent year on year to 281,452 units (excluding agricultural vehicles), according to the Brazilian Motor Vehicle ...
Tags: Motor Vehicle, new Vehicle registrations, agricultural vehicles
Swiss-headquartered iron ore miner Ferrexpo, whose main interests are in Ukrainian iron ore assets, has announced its financial results for 2013. In the given period, Ferrexpo's net profit increased by 20.6 percent to $263.7 million ...
According to the monthly statistics released by the Turkish Automotive Manufacturers' Association (OSD), in February this year Turkey's motor vehicle output totaled 86,834units, down 10 percent year on year. In February of the current ...
Natural gas production is expected to increase in five of six significant US shale and unconventional plays in April compared with March levels, according to the US Energy Information Administration. The EIA's monthly drilling ...
Tags: Natural Gas, Per-rig gas, shale
VDMA's Photonics Congress forecasts rapid growth of the sector in Germany and beyond. Industrialists and politicians mingled at Photonics Congress 2014 in Berlin. At last month’s Photonics Congress 2014, which was hosted in ...
Tags: Photonics, GDP Growth
In February this year, Indian motor vehicle production increased by 4.41 percent year on year to 1,811,276 units, according to the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM). In the first 11 months of the current Indian fiscal year ...
China and Tajikistan plan to start construction on the so-called D line on the Central Asia-China gas pipeline network this year, state-owned China National Petroleum Corp said Monday. This comes after both countries signed a deal to ...
Tags: Gas Pipeline, Mineral
Coal stocks at China's four major Bohai Sea ports totaled 19.95 million mt on March 9, down 459,000 mt or 2.2% week on week, Qinhuangdao Port said Monday. Coal stocks at Qinhuangdao Port edged up 0.8% week on week to 7.15 million mt on ...
Tags: Coal Stocks, Bohai Sea Ports
The North American net new aluminum mill order index in February was down 7.1% from January, the Aluminum Association said Monday. New mill orders also slipped 2.9% from February 2013, and the year-to-date index is down 2%, the group said ...
Tags: Aluminum Mill, mill orders
In the first month this year, Japan's cold rolled sheet and strip output increased by 3.56 percent year on year to 555,783 metric tons, according to the Japan Iron and Steel Federation (JISF) data. Meanwhile, in the given month the ...
Tags: CR Sheet, Strip Shipments