Despite the rejection this week by Italy's Constitutional Court of a bid by local prosecutors to shut down the Taranto facilities of Italian steel producer Ilva, the prosecutors have today, April 12, turned down a request by Ilva's lawyers ...
Tags: Ilva, Steel Stocks
In February this year, seasonally-adjusted industrial production increased by 0.4 percent in the euro area and in the EU-27, as compared with January of the current year. In January, production had decreased by 0.6 percent and 0.5 percent ...
Tags: Industrial Output, Mineral
As reported by Germany's Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), in March of the current year the wholesale selling prices of industrial products in Germany were 0.3 percent higher compared to March 2012, the lowest year-on-year price ...
Tags: Wholesale Metal, Metal Prices
According to the latest ‘Stainless Steel Report April 2013' issued by Germany-based service centre Damstahl, in 2012 European stainless crude steel production amounted approximately to 7.5 million mt, falling around one percent ...
Tags: Damstahl, Stainless Steel Output
Vancouver, British Columbia-based Ridgemont Iron Ore Corp. and Canadian mineral exploration company Castillian Resources Corp. announced that they have entered into a Letter of Intent pursuant to which Castillian will acquire all of the ...
Tags: Iron Ore, Castillian Resources
Brazil's iron ore export volume amounted to 22.6 million mt in March this year, increasing 9.2 percent compared to February and down by 18 percent compared to the same month of 2012, according to the preliminary information released by the ...
Tags: Iron Ore Exports, Mineral
Baker Hughes reported Friday that for the week ending April 12, the US rig count increased by 33 to 1,771, following a 10-rig decrease a week ago. During the week, the oil rig count rose by 30 to 1,387 while the gas-directed rig count was ...
Sichuan Province-based Xichang Mining Co., a subsidiary of Chongqing-based Chinese steelmaker Chongqing Iron and Steel (Group) Co., has announced that it has decided to issue short-term bonds on April 17 worth a total of RMB 150 million ...
Tags: Xichang Mining, Short-Term Bonds
ccording to the short range outlook of the World Steel Association (worldsteel), apparent steel consumption in the US is expected to grow by 2.7 percent in 2013 due to continuing fiscal concerns, totaling 99.3 million mt, lower than the 8.4 ...
Birmingham, Alabama-based coal producer Walter Energy, Inc. said Thursday that performance in Q1 2013 improved over Q4 2012, driven largely by increased metallurgical coal sales volume and pricing, increased production and lower costs. ...
Tags: Walter Energy, Coal Production
According to the monthly statistics released by the Turkish Automotive Manufacturers' Association (OSD), in March this year Turkey's motor vehicle output totaled 103,135 units, decreasing by four percent year on year and up by 6.8 percent ...
Tags: Motor Vehicle, Vehicle Output
Growth of apparent steel use in the CIS region is projected to slowdown to two percent this year, totaling 57.6 million metric tons, as the modest pickup in Russia is partially mitigated by declining demand in Ukraine and Kazakhstan, ...
Tags: Steel Demand, Mineral
Russian steelmaker Severstal's mining subsidiary Vorkutaugol has announced that it will build an inclined shaft at its Vorgashorskaya mine, with construction to be completed by the end of 2013. This new shaft will expand the range of ...
Weekly PV Highlights There were 1,632 sub 50 kW PV installations registered during the week ending 7th April 2013, compared to 1,981 in the week ending 31st March 2013. Although this represents a fall of 17.6% in the weekly total, the ...
Tags: Solar, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
British Solar Renewables Limited has successfully secured planning permission for a 20MW solar farm on land attached to a waste management and recycling facility close to Bournemouth International Airport in Parley, Dorset. When complete, ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, solar