According to statistics released by Japan's Ministry of Finance, Japan's coking coal imports totaled 6.7 million metric tons in March this year, rising by 34.6 percent month on month and up 24 percent compared to March 2012. In the first ...
Tags: Coking Coal, Mineral
Kortrijk, Belgium-based Bekaert, one of the world's largest steel cord and wire manufacturers, has announced that in the first quarter of the current year it achieved consolidated sales of €799 million, down 11 percent compared to the ...
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Pennsylvania-based distributor of wholesale tubular steel products Marmon/Keystone announced Wednesday the opening of a Nashville, Tennessee facility. The new metals service center, which officially opened for business on May 6, is located ...
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In April of the current year, China imported 67.15 million mt of iron ore and iron ore concentrate, up 16.4 percent year on year and increasing by 2.6 million mt month on month, according to the figures released by China's General ...
Tags: China, Iron Ore Imports
It’s reported that Brazilian Gerdau's mining division intends to export 1.5 million tons of iron ore this year. The company has two shipments scheduled for the current quarter through Vale’s port system. Gerdau sold its iron ...
In April this year, Ukrainian steelmaker Zaporizhstal's finished steel product output increased by 2.9 percent to 269,000 mt, while its crude steel production increased by 1.6 percent to 320,100 mt, both year on year, according to the ...
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Vale announced late Monday that it has been granted the installation license (LI) and vegetation clearing permit for the rail spur that will connect the Southern Range of Carajás mining district to the Carajás railway (EFC), ...
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According to the statistics released by France's National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE), the country's manufacturing production in March this year decreased one percent compared to February, after a month-on-month ...
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According to the preliminary data released by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, in March this year price, calendar and seasonally adjusted industrial production in Germany increased 1.2 percent compared ...
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Gerdau reported Tuesday net revenue of R9.2 billion (US$4.6 billion) in Q1 2013 while shipments reached 4.6 million tons and steel production was 4.4 million tons. Net income was R160 million (US$79.6 million) in the quarter, a 60 percent ...
Duisburg, Germany-based steel and metal distribution company, Klockner & Co., has reported a net loss of €16 million for the first quarter of the current year, compared to the net loss of €12 million in the corresponding quarter ...
Tags: Ebitda Guidance, Mineral
A senior official with the Vitebsk Region Administration in Belarus has stated that a €280 million investment project is planned for the Miory district in Vitebsk for the contruction of a new metallurgical plant for production of ...
Anhui Province-based Chinese steelmaker Ma'anshan Iron and Steel (Masteel) has announced that plans to issue medium-term notes worth RMB 1 billion ($161 million) on May 10. The period of issuance of the medium-term notes is three years, ...
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According to an assessment made by the Russia-based SpetsStal Association, Russian imports of stainless steel products in the first quarter of the year increased by 12.3 percent compared to the same period of last year to 57,322 mt. In ...
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During The Timken Company's 109th annual meeting of shareholders on Tuesday in Canton, Ohio, shareholders voted in support of the non-binding shareholder proposal to spin off the company's steel business with approximately 47 percent of the ...
Tags: Timken Shareholders, Split Steel