Russian mining and steel producing company Evraz Group has announced that it has signed a memorandum of understanding with Ruda Khakasii agreeing the acquisition by Ruda Khakasii of 100 percent of Abakanskiy Rudnik, Abaza-Energo, Teyskiy ...
Steel service center Horizon Steel Company announced Wednesday their intent to expand their operations and locate a 90,000 square foot facility in Bowling Green, Kentucky. The project will bring a capital investment of $15 million and 30 ...
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According to statistics released by Japan's Ministry of Finance, Japanese coking coal imports totaled 5.59 million metric tons in September this year, falling by 19 percent month on month and down 18 percent compared to September 2012. In ...
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Russian steelmaker Novolipetsk Steel (NLMK) has stated that in November this year it plans to ship around 168,000 mt of hot rolled flat steel products, up 25 percent compared to October, including 108,000 mt of hot rolled flat steel to the ...
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In October this year, Japanese crude steel production was up by 2.5 percent compared to the previous month, while it increased 7.7 percent year on year, totaling 9.52 million mt, according to the data released by the Japan Iron and Steel ...
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According to statistics released by Japan's Ministry of Finance, Japan's iron ore imports totaled 11.3 million metric tons in September this year, falling by 1.45 percent month on month and up 17.5 percent compared to September 2012. ...
Ukrainian mining and steel producing group Metinvest has announced that in its results for the third quarter and the first nine months of the current year that its crude steel production increased by two percent to 3.2 million mt in the ...
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The China Iron and Steel Association (CISA) has stated that, in collaboration with Shanghai Futures Exchange, it held a training course on hot rolled coil (HRC) futures on November 13-15. Yang Maijun, president of Shanghai Futures ...
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German plantmaker SMS Siemag has announced that the 400-ton converter at ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe AG's Duisburg-Bruckhausen Works produced the first heat in September this year, after modernization by SMS Siemag. The internal volume of ...
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Sichuan Province-based Chinese steelmaker Southwest Stainless Co. has started construction work on its new stainless steel strip project at Shawan stainless steel park in Sichuan, as reported by local media sources. The new facility will ...
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Germany-based steelmaker ThyssenKrupp announced that it reached an agreement with Deutsche Bahn in mid-November in connection with a price-fixing cartel. ThyssenKrupp has agreed to pay damages to the German rail operator. According to ...
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ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih, Ukrainian subsidiary of global steel giant ArcelorMittal, has stated that on November 20 it received a license for the import of 90,000 mt of coke issued by the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of ...
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German steel giant ThyssenKrupp has announced the postponement of the publishing of its annual financial results since it is in exclusive negotiations on the possible sale of its US steel plant. The company stated that the negotiations ...
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According to a statement released by the Turkish Iron and Steel Producers' Association (TCUD), Turkey, which fell to the ninth place among the world's leading crude steel producing countries in September this year, regained eighth place in ...
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The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) Wednesday applauded the US House passage of a bill allowing states to continue to make their own decisions about the regulation of shale oil and gas production. Thomas J. Gibson, president and ...
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