The Hydraulic Institute, North America?s largest pump association and global authority on pumps and pumping systems, has appointed Mark J. Sullivan as its new Director of Education and Training. Mark will support Pump Systems Matter ...
Tags: Pump, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOC) said that the average steel prices rose by 0.4% week on week during last week ended on July 7th. Among them, the prices for hot rolled strips with sizes of 145mm x 2.5mm rose by 0.7%; those for ...
Tags: Steel Prices, Mineral
It’s reported that Alcoa Inc. plans to permanently close its Fusina aluminium smelter in Italy and book a charge of up to US$35 million for the move in order to cut capacity amid sluggish demand. The smelter in Venice, which has ...
According to final American Iron and Steel Institute trade (AISI), the imports of pipes and tubes totaled 577,423 tons in May, falling by 8.8% from 632,000 tons in April. In May, the country’s imports of oil country tubular goods ...
Tags: Pipes and Tubes, Mineral
According to data released by the Korea Iron & Steel Association (KOSA), Korea’s heavy plate output totaled 761,000 tons in May, rising by 2% from a month ago and reaching the highest level since this year. However, the ...
Tags: Heavy Plate, Mineral
According to the statistics released by France's National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE), the country's manufacturing production in May this year decreased 1.1 percent compared to April, after a month-on-month increase ...
Tags: Metal Industry, Mineral
Turkey's leading special steel producer and supplier Hascelik has announced that it has started operating its crack control line following four months of test production. According to Hascelik's statement, the finishing lines at TOSB ...
Tags: steel producer, Hascelik
In June this year, Tatarstan-based Almetyevsk Pipe Plant (ATZ), a subsidiary of Russian pipe producing company United Metallurgical Company (OMK), produced 18,579 mt of steel pipes. In the January-June period of the current year, the mill's ...
Tags: Steel Pipe, Mineral
According to the data released by the Japan Iron and Steel Association (JISF), steel product orders, including specialty steels, booked by domestic steel consuming sectors in Japan in May this year amounted to 7.5 million metric tons, ...
Tags: Steel Product
Qinghai Province-based Chinese company Qinghua Mining, Smelting and Coking Group Co. has announced that its new iron ore pelletizing plant in Geermu in Qinghai has commenced production. The pelletizing plant, built with a total investment ...
Tags: Iron Ore, Pelletizing Plant
According to statistics released by Japan's Ministry of Finance, Japan's hot rolled (HR) flat steel exports totaled 1.29 million metric tons in May this year, increasing by 3.8 percent month on month and up 3.5 percent compared to May 2012. ...
As of July 8, inventory of iron ore at 25 major Chinese ports amounted to 75.81 million mt, indicating an increase of 630,000 mt or 0.84 percent week on week, as announced by China's Xinhua News Agency. As of the same date, the ...
Tags: Iron Ore, Chinese Ports
Housing starts in Canada were trending at 184,514 units in June compared to 184,087 in May, according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC). The trend is a six-month moving average of the monthly seasonally adjusted annual rates ...
As of July 1, importers of coking and bituminous coal to Ukraine used 34.43 percent of their annual quota. For the current year, the quota in question is 10.2 million mt. Of this figure, the unused quota volume is 6.688 million mt. For ...
Tags: Quota, Coal Imports
On July 10, major Chinese steelmaker Hebei Iron and Steel Group stated that its subsidiary Hebei Steel Mining Co. produced 3.735 million mt of iron ore concentrate in the first half this year, exceeding the target volume.In 2012, Hebei ...
Tags: Iron Ore, Hebei Steel