According to a report released by China's Ministry of Finance on May 22, in the January-April period of the current year the aggregate gross revenue of China state-owned enterprises totaled RMB 14.0015 trillion ($2.28 trillion), up 10.2 ...
Tags: China, Southeast Asia, steelmaking, Shanghai
Australia's Vortex Pipes Limited has announced that it has entered into option agreements to acquire up to 100 percent of the Snelgrove direct shipping iron ore project located in Newfoundland Labrador, Canada, from Canada-based Cap Ex Iron ...
Altos Hornos de México (AHMSA) announced this week that it expects positive results from the Ministry of Economy regarding research into illegally imported plate from Russia and Ukraine, which should shortly extend to other steel ...
Tags: plate, flats, Mexico, Russia, Ukraine, North America, imp/exp statistics
Reportedly, Peruvian firm Aceros Arequipa announced to begin a trial testing of its new rolling mill at its Pisco plant. The company has acquired a new hot rolling mill in April this year but there was no any further detail of the operation ...
Reportedly, Bulgarian Stomana Industry of Greece Sidenor Group, announced to sign an agreement with Japanese special steel maker Daido Steel in order to develop its special bar quality (SBQ) existing business. However, the company planned ...
Tags: Stomana, Daido Steel, SBQ
China Steel Structure Co. (CSSC), the subsidiary company of Taiwan's China Steel Corp. and also one of the major steel structure suppliers in Taiwan, said the company's orders have been full booked until the end of 2013. CSSC's manager said ...
Tags: CSSC, 2013, Metallurgy
In March this year, the flat steel exports of the European Union (EU) totaled 1.256 million mt, while EU long steel exports amounted to 1.024 million mt. Accordingly, overall EU finished steel exports in March totaled 2.28 million mt, up ...
Tags: Finished Steel, EU
France's National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE) has announced that the situation in French industry has improved in May, according to a survey carried out among French business leaders, while the industrial business ...
Tags: Manufacturing, France, May
As of May 24, inventories of the main finished steel products (plate, hot rolled coil (HRC), cold rolled coil (CRC), rebar and wire rod) in the major steel markets in China indicated decreases, according to the China Iron and Steel ...
Tags: Finished Steel, China
Shanxi Province-based Chinese steelmaker Taiyuan Iron and Steel (Group) Co. Ltd (TISCO) has announced that three overseas classification societies - Korean Register of Shipping, Germany's Germanischer Lloyd and Norway's Det Norske Veritas - ...
Tags: TISCO, Forged Steel
India-based steelmaker Tata Steel is planning to begin production from one of its iron ore projects in Canada by the end of the current year, according to India's news agency Press Trust of India (PTI). This is expected to improve raw ...
Tags: Tata Steel, Iron Ore
Australian miner Sundance Resources has announced that it is back in talks with investors regarding the development of its Mbalam-Nabeba iron ore project in Cameroon, following the decision to end takeover discussions with China-based ...
Finland-based steelmaker Ruukki has announced that it has expanded its Raex wear-resistant special steel range to include the thicker wear-resistant steels needed, for example, in the mining industry. According to Ruukki, the new thicker ...
Tags: Ruukki, Wear-Resistant Steel
According to the data provided by the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat), in the first four months of this year, there was no ferrous scrap among the most exported products from Georgia to Turkey, the country's main trading ...
Australia-based iron ore producer Gindalbie Metals Limited (Gindalbie) has announced that it is seeking additional financing to assist with the short-term working capital requirements of its Karara iron ore project, since the ...