It's reported that Japan's Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. (NSSMC) said that it has received orders for steel pipe piles with inner rib for the Australian Ichthys liquefied natural gas (LNG) project, together with Nippon Steel & Sumikin ...
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It's reported that ArcelorMittal USA LLC has made a prosecution against the units of Severstal and Nisshin Steel Holdings Co. for violating a patent for metal used in auto parts. ArcelorMittal filed a complaint in US District Court in ...
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According to the Metal Industry Indicators report released by the US Geological Survey (USGS), the US economic recovery has supported domestic primary metals industry activity with modest metals demand coming from the manufacturing sector. ...
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According to local news reports Friday, the Osceola City Council has approved $2 million in incentives for Big River Steel's planned $1.1 billion mill in northeast Arkansas. The news comes on the heels of the Arkansas Legislature granting ...
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The American Institute for International Steel (AIIS) reported Thursday that steel exports declined 3.8 percent in February 2013 compared to January, according to government data. For the year-to-date data through February, steel exports ...
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According to the data provided by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK), in February this year Turkey's total hot rolled coil (HRC) exports amounted to 181,432 metric tons, up 59 percent compared to the previous month and more than ...
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According to the statistics released by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK), in the first quarter of the current year Turkey's building construction cost index increased 1.9 percent quarter on quarter and was up three percent compared ...
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According to the data released by the Japan Ship Exporters' Association (JSEA), Japanese new ship export orders in March this year increased strongly on tonnage basis to 49 ships totaling 2.7 million gross tons, compared to the five ships ...
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The Malaysian government has announced that it has initiated an antidumping (AD) duty investigation regarding stranded wire, rope and cables imported from China. The investigation was started upon the complaint filed by the Malaysia-based ...
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The Ukrainian mining and steel producing group Metinvest has announced that it has secured a three-year pre-export facility amounted to a total of $560 million. The facility had reached the $300 million level in the first stage in November ...
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Russian steelmaker Novolipetsk Steel (NLMK) has announced its production and sales data for the first quarter of the current year. According to the company statement, NLMK's crude steel output in the first quarter increased to 3.692 million ...
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Australia-based miner Northern Iron has announced that in the quarter ended on March 31 it achieved a record iron ore output, producing 4.96 million mt from its Bjornevatn and Kjellmannsasen mines in Norway, up 12 percent compared to the ...
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During Nucor Corporation's Q1 2013 conference call Thursday, President and CEO John Ferriola noted that the flat rolled steel market is poised for a difficult year. Ferriola said that the "amount of overcapacity is phenomenal right now," ...
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Indian state-owned steel producer Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) has announced that it closed the financial year 2012-13 on a good note, with the company registering a four percent growth in the production of value-added steel ...
Fort Wayne, Indiana-based Steel Dynamics, Inc. announced late Wednesday Q1 2013 net income of $48 million on net sales of $1.8 billion. By comparison, prior year Q1 net income was $46 million on net sales of $2 billion and sequential Q4 ...
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