Austria-based steelmaker voestalpine has announced that it has become the first company to reach an agreement with German national rail operator Deutsche Bahn, regarding the German rail steel cartel. Accordingly, voestalpine has agreed to ...
Tags: Voestalpine, Deutsche Bahn, Rail Cartel Case
According to the provisional foreign trade statistics compiled by the Turkish Exporters' Association (TIM), in April this year Turkey's steel exports totaled $1.25 billion in value, decreasing by six percent year on year and down 14.8 ...
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According to the data provided by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK), in March this year Turkey's stainless flat steel imports rose by 18.9 percent compared to the previous month and were up 6.8 percent compared to March 2012, ...
Tags: Stainless Flat Steel, Mineral
Russia-based TMK, one of the world's leading oil and gas steel pipe producers, has announced its production results for the first quarter of the current year. In the given quarter, TMK shipped 1.058 million mt of pipes to customers, ...
Tags: Stable Steel Pipe, Pipe Shipments
Turkish plantmaker CVS Makine has announced that it has signed an agreement with Jeddah, Saudi Arabia-based Rahji Steel to upgrade its existing dedusting system. Rahji Steel has decided to upgrade its dedusting system in line with the ...
Tags: Rahji Steel, Dedusting System
Metalloinvest, a leading global iron ore and hot briquetted iron (HBI) producer based in Russia, has announced its operational results for the first quarter of 2013. Accordingly, in the given period Metalloinvest's iron ore production ...
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Yieh United Steel Corp. (Yusco), the largest stainless steelmaker in Taiwan announced to cut its list prices for 300 grades stainless steel products by NT$3,000/ton for May. Meanwhile, Yusco kept its list prices for 400 grades stainless ...
Tags: Taiwanese Yusco, Stainless Steel
Ohio-based Republic Steel, a subsidiary of Mexican Simec SAB de CV has contracted with United State Steel Corporation(USSC) to supply maximum of 450,000 tons of tube rounds for USSC's tubular products from its new installed Electric Arc ...
According to data of China’s Customs, China exported 721,935 tons of wire rods in March, jumping by 47% from a month and hitting the highest level since 2008. In the first quarter of this year, the country’s wire rod exports ...
Russia-based steel pipe maker ChTPZ Group shipped 382,100 tons of steel pipes in the first quarter of this year, falling by 8% year on year. Among them, 323,900 tons were exported to the Russian domestic market, increasing by 10% in ...
Tags: Steel Pipe, Mineral
Swedish-based iron ore producer LKAB has issued its financial results for the first quarter of 2013, stating that its target for a 35 percent increase in planned deliveries by 2015 remains unchanged. The licensing process for the Mertainen ...
Tags: Net Profit, Mineral
Mexico-based mining company Minera Autlán, S.A.B. de CV (Autlán) C. Autlán estimates an increase of 3 percent in sales volume of ferroalloys from the first quarter last year, despite continuing difficulties in the ...
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On Sunday morning, US Steel Canada locked out unionized workers at its Lake Erie Works flat rolled mill in Ontario. The gates of the mill have been closed but sources tell SteelOrbis that the mill's production has likely been shifted to ...
Russian mining and steel group Mechel has announced the signing several loan agreements totaling $1 billion in value with Russian bank Gazprombank. In Mechel's steel division, Beloretsk Metallurgical Plant signed a loan agreement for RUB ...
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The Commission on Finance of the Mexican Chamber of Deputies approved last week mining law reforms and Fiscal Coordination to establish that mining companies pay an annual fee of 5 percent on net taxable income for all operating ...
Tags: Mining Fees, Mineral