Inner Mongolia-based Chinese steelmaker Baotou Iron and Steel Co. (Baogang Group) announced on October 17 that in the January-September period of this year its finished steel exports amounted to 946,300 mt, increasing by 22.84 percent year ...
Tags: Construction, Steel, Finished Steel, Metallurgy, Mineral
On October 15, the Chinese government announced on its website that China is to focus on restructuring the iron and steel industry in the provinces of Shandong, Hebei, and Liaoning, and in certain other provinces. Accordingly, concentrating ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, Restructure Steel
According to the Argentina's Chamber of Steel, Argentina's crude steel production in August this year totaled 478,900 tons, 3.9 percent higher than in July (461,500 tons) and 26.1 percent higher than in August 2012 (379,900 tons). ...
Tags: Steel, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
Global steel giant ArcelorMittal has announced that its Tailored Blanks units has opened a new production facility in Senica, Slovakia, capable of producing 4 million laser-welded blanks (LWBs) per year, to meet growing demand for steel for ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, steel
Austria-based plantmaker Siemens Metals Technologies has announced that it will supply a rebar rolling mill for the Indian steel producer Kalika Steel Alloys Pvt. Ltd. (Kalika Steel). The mill will be erected in the Jalna plant in the state ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, Rebar Rolling
Russian steelmaker Severstal has announced that in October this year its Cherepovets Steel Mill aims to increase its hot rolled flat steel shipments by four percent compared to September to around 415,000-419,000 mt, including ...
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In the first eight months of this year, French crude steel output decreased by 2.3 percent year on year to 10,529,000 mt, according to the latest data released by the French Steel Federation (FFA). In the given period, electric arc furnace ...
Tags: Crude Steel, steel, Construction
Russian mining and steel producing company Evraz Group has announced that it has signed a binding agreement for the sale of the Gramoteinskaya thermal coal mine, part of its wholly-owned subsidiary Yuzhkuzbassugol Coal Company, to Lehram ...
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South Africa-based miner Coal of Africa Limited (CoAL) has announced that in August this year its board approved a ZAR 220 million ($22.09 million) expansion at Vele colliery. This is in line with the company's publicly announced strategy ...
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On October 15, Chinese steelmaker Chongqing Iron and Steel Co. (Chongqing Steel), a subsidiary of Chongqing Iron and Steel (Group) Co., announced its earnings forecast for 2013 and 2014. According to Chongqing Steel, its operating revenue ...
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Sichuan Province-based Pangang Xichang Steel & Vanadium Co., a subsidiary of Sichuan-based Chinese steel producer Panzhihua Iron and Steel Group (Pangang Group), produced 232,400 mt of billet in the month of September this year, as ...
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China and Russia on Tuesday pledged to expand energy cooperation in projects of oil and gas supply, nuclear energy and renewable energy. Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli and Russian Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich co-chaired the ...
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Prices for ferrous scrap exports from the US West Coast increased for a third consecutive week this week, with deals for containerized heavy melting scrap I/II (80:20 blend) being concluded at $358/mt CFR Taiwan on Wednesday, up about $2/mt ...
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Taiwan's CPC will become a net exporter of isomer-grade mixed xylenes in 2014 from being a net importer as it has been producing more MX by using feedstock reformate supplied by its own system, a company source said Wednesday. "We are ...
Tags: taiwan, oil, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
According to report, BlueScope Steel announced on Monday that it planned to acquire Arrium’s OneSteel division for sheet and coil procession and distribution businesses. BlueScope would pay AUD23.1 million and it is expected that it ...