West Chester, Ohio-based AK Steel said Friday that members of the United Steelworkers (USW) Local 1865 union have ratified an 18-month labor agreement covering more than 800 hourly production and maintenance steel operations employees at ...
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The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported Friday that for the month of June 2013, US steel mills shipped 7,806,319 net tons, a 3 percent decrease from the 8,047,245 net tons shipped in the previous month, May 2013, and a 2.6 ...
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In the first seven months of the current year, China's fixed-asset investments in its transport sector reached RMB 751.186 billion ($122.9 billion), up 9.95 percent year on year, while the investment figure for July alone was RMB 151.545 ...
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The US Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development jointly announced new residential construction statistics for July 2013. Privately-owned housing units authorized by building permits in July were at a seasonally ...
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India-based steel producer Essar Steel has announced the launch of high quality, color-coated products, specially developed for the market in the southwestern Indian state of Kerala. These specialized steel products will largely be used in ...
According to the data released by France's National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE), in July this year the prices of imported iron ore in France increased by 11.7 percent month on month, following the strong ...
Shipments of iron ore on the Great Lakes totaled 6.4 million tons in July, an increase of 7 percent compared to June, but a drop of 8.2 percent compared to a year ago, according to the Lake Carriers' Association. Loadings also trailed the ...
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Statistics Canada reported Friday that manufacturing sales declined 0.5 percent to $48.2 billion in June, the fourth decrease in six months. Manufacturing sales have been on a slow decline since the spring of 2012. The decline in June ...
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Indian steel giant Tata Steel announced its financial result including Tata Steel Europe for the first quarter of the current financial year ended on June 30th. Tata Steel posted a net profit of INR11.4 billion for the first quarter, ...
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It’s reported that US Rusal's value has dropped by 45.3% since the beginning of 2013 and the Russian light metal giant has announced that it intends to cut costs by re-organizing its Volkhov plant and freezing production at three ...
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Reportedly, the mining giant Rio Tinto hit a five-month high amid speculation that the miner was moving closer to selling its Alcan aluminum division. Rio Tinto’s management was now focused on understanding the business. While ...
It’s reported that Indian steelmaker Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) released its financial result for the first quarter of the financial year 2013/14 ended on June 30th. In the first quarter of the fiscal year 2013/14, ...
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Hyundai Hysco, one of the major re-rollers in Korea produced 2.155 million tons of cold rolled coils (CRC) in the first half of this year, rising by 3% year on year. It’s learned that some of the CRC production was contributed by ...
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According to statistics of Customs, Taiwan’s exports of welded steel pipes were at 18,283 tons in July, falling by 2% from 18,739 tons in June. In July, the US was the largest importer of the Taiwanese welded steel pipes with ...
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It’s reported that China Steel Corp. (CSC), the largest carbon steelmaker in Taiwan is going to release its list prices for steel wires and bars for October and November. Industry source said that CSC might remain its list prices ...
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