In January this year, Ukraine's ferroalloy production increased by 41.4 percent compared to the same month last year to 83,000 mt, according to the Association of Ukrainian Ferroalloy Producers (UkrFA). In the given month, Ukraine's ...
Tags: Ferroalloy, Mineral
According to the American Iron and Steel Institute, in the week ending February 8, 2014, US domestic raw steel production was 1,839,000 net tons while the capability utilization rate was 76.8 percent. Production was 1,875,000 net tons in ...
Now that Mexican President Enrique Pera Nieto has signed the Pacific Alliance between Mexico, Peru, Chile, Colombia and Costa Rica, Mexican steel companies await notice that Mexico is excluded from the application of trade safeguards ...
Tags: Steel Exporters, Mineral
China imported a record 86.83 million mt of iron ore in January this year, up 21.29 million mt year on year and up 13.45 million mt month on month, according to the Chinese customs authorities. Average daily iron ore imports in January ...
Tags: Iron Ore Imports, Mineral
In December last year, India's industrial production decreased by 0.6 percent year on year, according to government data. Industrial production in the April-December period of the current financial year declined by 0.1 percent year on year. ...
Tags: Basic Metal, Mineral
Japan-based Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation (NSSMC) and Mitsui & Co., Ltd. (Mitsui) have announced that Robe River Iron Associates, the joint venture company formed by Australian miner Rio Tinto, Mitsui and NSSMC, will invest in ...
Tags: Iron Ore Mine, Mineral
Mechel, one of the leading Russian mining and steel groups, has reported successful tests of its new coal export terminal at Port Posiet in Russia's Primorye region. Modernization of the port's facilities will enable the company to ...
Tags: Export Terminal, Mineral
In the fourth quarter of 2013, order bookings in the German machine tool industry fell by six percent year on year, according to the German Machine Tool Builders' Association (VDW). Given the dominance of the German industry in the ...
Tags: Machine Tool Industry, Mineral
According to the Turkish Statistics Institute (TUIK), Turkey's monthly industrial turnover index in December last year increased by 17.3 percent compared to the same month of the previous year following the 15.9 percent year-on-year ...
Tags: Basic Metals, Mineral
In December last year, Turkey's stainless flat steel imports rose by 66.1 percent year on year and increased by 12.63 percent compared to the previous month to 44,427 metric tons, following the 0.48 percent month-on-month decrease recorded ...
Tags: Stainless Flat Steel, Mineral
In January this year, production and sales of automotive vehicles in China amounted to 2.0517 million units and 2.1564 million units, up by 4.4 percent and six percent year on year respectively, while on month-on-month basis production of ...
Tags: Auto Output, Mineral
On February 13, the China Iron and Steel Association (CISA) announced that in late January (Jan. 21-31) this year the average aggregate daily crude steel output of large and medium-sized steel enterprises in China totaled 1.6594 million mt, ...
Tags: Crude Steel, Mineral
According to a report Thursday from the Lake Carriers’ Association, coal shipments on the US Great Lakes totaled 373,000 tons in January. While the total represents an increase of 62 percent compared to a year ago, January 2013 was ...
Tags: Coal Shipments, Mineral
Mexican steel producer DeAcero released a request Thursday that the US Department of Commerce avoid trade disputes with Mexico and focus on the defense of NAFTA regions, which receive unfair imports from China and the European Union. In ...
Tags: DeAcero, Rebar Mills
According to the flash estimates released by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union, during the fourth quarter last year gross domestic product (GDP) increased by 0.3 percent in the euro area and by 0.4 percent in the EU-28, ...