It is reported that Finnish steelmaker Rautaruukki has introduced its new sales offices in Toronto (Canada) and Santiago (Chile) in order to meet and serve its customers in the Americas. The company will focus on the special steel products ...
Tags: steel, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
It is reported that Michigan Seamless Tube (MST), a leading North American steel pipe produce planned to invest approximately US$25 million in order to upgrade its South Lyon, Michigan facility. Meanwhile, Optima Specialty Steel Inc. will ...
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According to the data provided by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK), in February this year Turkey's longitudinally welded tube and profile exports totaled 40,242 mt, increasing 26 percent compared to the previous month and down 3.6 ...
It is reported that Russia's Dansteel, owned by Russian steel group NLMK, planned to extend its plate annual production capacity to 400,000 tons this year. However, the company will try to reach the plate annual production capacity of 80% ...
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West Chester, Ohio-based flat rolled steelmaker AK Steel reported Tuesday a net loss of $9.9 million for Q1 2013, compared to a net loss of $11.8 million in Q1 2012. This also compares to a net loss of $230.4 million, or an adjusted net ...
Tags: AK Steel, Net Loss, Carbon Spot Market
In March this year, Tatarstan-based Almetyevsk Pipe Plant (ATZ), a subsidiary of Russian pipe producing company United Metallurgical Company (OMK), produced 18,280 mt of steel pipes. In the January-March period of the current year, the mill ...
Tags: ATZ, Steel Pipe Output
According to Azerbaijan's state information agency Azertag, Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev has issued an order to establish Azerbaijan Steel Production Complex, whose shares will belong to the state. The closed joint-stock company will ...
On Tuesday, the Canadian International Trade Tribunal initiated an inquiry regarding the dumping of cold-drawn carbon or alloy steel wire originating in or exported from the People's Republic of China, the State of Israel and the Kingdom of ...
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Colombia exported 17,858 mt of ferronickel in the first two months of this year, falling 30.8 percent, with a value of $102 million, falling 39 percent, both year on year, as announced by the Colombian National Administrative Department of ...
In the month of February this year, European Union (EU) flat steel exports totaled 1.214 million mt, up 6.21 percent, while EU long steel exports amounted to 854,000 mt, down 1.15 percent, both year on year, as announced by the European ...
Tags: Finished Steel, Mineral
Japan's JFE Steel said that its subsidiary JFE Steel Galvanizing (Thailand) has put a continuous galvanizing line into operation at its facility in Hemaraj, Rayong Province. It's learned that the 400,000 tons of hot dipped galvanized steel ...
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It's reported that the city of Osceola has firmed to invest US$2 million in the Big River Steel mill and would be the latest government entity to kick in the project that is expected to create 525 permanent jobs and more than 200 temporary ...
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In March this year, global pig iron production amounted to 100.41 million metric tons, increasing by 8.63 percent compared to the shorter month of February and up 4.06 percent on year-on-year basis, according to the preliminary data ...
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The Spanish stainless steel producer Acerinox S.A. has announced that in the first quarter of 2013 the stainless steel market has experienced an improvement compared to the end of 2012. However, doubts about the economic recovery and the ...
On April 22, the world's largest steelmaker ArcelorMittal announced that in defense of its patent rights it filed complaints before the District Court of Delaware, US on April 16 to demonstrate that AK Steel, Severstal North America (SNA) ...
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