Biodiesel has faced a backlash in recent years, as critics charge the industry with razing land and pushing up food costs. But as its competitors struggle, one Hong Kong-based company is moving ahead with a US$165 million plant that turns ...
Tags: Biodiesel Plant, Energy
The US Department of Commerce (DOC) formally initiated Thursday its antidumping (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) investigations of rebar from Turkey and Mexico. The DOC announced estimated dumping margins of 48.82 percent to 66.70 ...
The Vietnamese government is considering the removal of a 15 percent export duty on stainless steel scrap to reduce the financial burden on domestic stainless steelmakers, according to media reports. The government also is mulling a zero ...
Tags: Stainless Scrap, Mineral
United Steelworkers (USW) International President Leo W. Gerard released the following statement in response to the U.S. Department of Justice’s announcement that an additional nine Japan-based auto parts producers, along with two ...
Tags: Auto Parts, Mineral
Russian metallurgical scrap processing company Vtorchermet c(part of NLMK Group) has announced that it has commissioned a new high-performance shredder at the Vtorchermet NLMK Center site in Podolsk. Designed for processing light and ...
Tags: metallurgical scrap, Mineral
In July this year, Liberty Commodities had officially confirmed its negotiation and completion of the acquisition of Wales-based hot rolled coil (HRC) producer MIR Steel (formerly known as Alpha Steel) on behalf of a consortium of ...
In the January-August period this year, the aggregate gross profits of large and medium-sized industrial enterprises in China amounted to RMB 3.48639 trillion ($569.7 billion), increasing by 12.8 percent year on year, according to data ...
Tags: Mineral, transportation machinery
Pakistan's iron and steel scrap imports amounted to 180,125 mt in August this year, increasing 15 percent compared to July and up seven percent year on year, according to data released by the Pakistan Federal Bureau of Statistics (PFBS). ...
Tags: Scrap Imports, Mineral
Energy pipe producer TMK IPSCO announced this week that President and CEO Vicki Avril has decided to leave the company, effective September 30, 2013. Dave Mitch will be appointed President and CEO of TMK IPSCO effective October 1. He ...
Tags: Energy pipe, Mineral
The collapse of an iron ore pellet storage dome (not an explosion, as local news initially reported) at Nucor's St. James Parish, Louisiana DRI plant on Wednesday will delay the start-up of the $750 million facility until the end of the ...
Baker Hughes reported that for the week ending September 27, the US rig count decreased by 17 to 1,744, compared to a seven-rig decline the previous week.The rig count was also down 104 from 1,848 rigs during the same week a year ago. The ...
Tags: Canadian Count, Mineral
Taiwan's industrial production index in August this year fell 0.7 percent as compared to August 2012, and was down 2.05 percent month on month, according to the country's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA). However, the country's ...
Tags: Basic Metal Output, Mineral
In July this year, Turkey's stainless flat steel imports saw an increase of 28 percent as compared to July last year, amounting to 41,359 metric tons, according to the data provided by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK). This figure ...
Tags: Stainless Flat Steel, Mineral
ArcelorMittal South Africa has announced that the company is in talks to discuss a new supply agreement for iron ore from Anglo American subsidiary Kumba Iron Ore's Sishen and Thabazimbi mines, to ensure long-term stability and security of ...
On September 25, Chinese steelmaker Chongqing Iron and Steel Co.(Chongqing Steel), a subsidiary of Chongqing Iron and Steel (Group) Co., announced that its major asset restructuring plan has received conditional or preliminary approval from ...
Tags: Iron and Steel, Mineral