According to the China Iron and Steel Association (CISA), in the January-August period this year the overall sales revenues of China's 88 large and medium-size steelmakers - all CISA members - totaled RMB 2.4142 trillion ($393.19 billion), ...
Tags: Steelmakers, Metallurgy
German steelmaker ThyssenKrpp has announced that its blast furnace No. 2in Duisburg-Schwelgern, Europe's biggest blast furnace, is back in operation after three months of a halt in production to carry out necessary modernization work. The ...
Tags: Blast Furnace, Metallurgy
Russia-based TMK, one of the world's leading oil and gas steel pipe producers, has announced its operational results for the first nine months of the current year. In the January-September period, TMK shipped 3.159 million mt of steel ...
In September this year, Japanese crude steel production was down 1.1 percent compared to the previous month, while it decreased by 0.5 percent compared to September 2013, totaling 9.24 million mt, according to the data released by the Japan ...
In August this year, India's industrial production increased by 0.4 percent year on year, according to government data. Industrial production in the April-August period of the current fiscal year (started April 1) increased by 2.8 percent ...
Tags: India's Basic Metal, Output, Energy
In September this year, Indian motor vehicle production (including passenger cars, commercial vehicles, three wheelers and two wheelers) increased by 22.45 percent year on year to 2,227,140 units, according to the Society of Indian ...
Tags: Indian Motor Vehicle, Output, Energy
The spot price of South Africa-origin charge chrome (48-52% Cr) was assessed by Platts at 79-80 cents/lb CIF on Friday, down from 80-81 cents/lb CIF China a week ago, on slow demand and ample supply. A deal was confirmed at 80 cents/lb ...
Tags: Ferrochrome, Chrome Import, Metallurgy
The China spot price of 553-grade 98.5% silicon metal was assessed slightly higher this week at $2,130-2,170/mt FOB China, compared with $2,120-2,170/mt FOB a week ago, as Chinese sellers -- despite slow demand -- kept export offers high in ...
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According to the preliminary data released by Statistics South Africa, in August this year the seasonally adjusted index of iron ore mining production in South Africa decreased by 8.5 percent, while the country's manganese ore production ...
Tags: Iron Ore Output, Mineral
In September this year, Turkey's crude steel output decreased by 3.1 percent year on year and was down by 0.3 percent compared to August to 2.89 million metric tons, according to the Turkish Iron and Steel Producers' Association (TCUD). In ...
Tags: Crude Steel, Iron, Steel
Russian steelmaker Novolipetsk Steel (NLMK) has announced its production and sales data for the third quarter of the current year. According to the company statement, NLMK's crude steel output in the third quarter increased to 4.131 million ...
Tags: Crude Steel, Crude Steel Output
Raspadskaya Coal Company (Raspadskaya), one of the largest coking coal producers in Russia, has announced that in the third quarter this year its raw coal production volume decreased by four percent compared to the second quarter of this ...
Tags: Coal Output, Mineral
In the January-September period of this year, sales of passenger cars and commercial vehicles in Turkey decreased by 19.25 percent year on year to 473,498 units, according to the statistics released by the Turkish Automotive Distributors ...
Tags: Automotive Sales, passenger cars
Offers for Chinese domestic spot aluminum alloy ADC12 tracked weaker primary aluminum ingot prices, industry sources said Tuesday. Platts assessed its weekly China domestic ADC12 price at Yuan 14,800-15,300/mt ($2,415-2,497/mt) ex-works ...
Tags: aluminum alloy, aluminum ingot
The global apparent steel demand for 2014 will increase by two percent to 1.56 billion metric tons, following a growth of 3.8 percent in 2013, according to the short range outlook presented at the 48th annual meeting of the World Steel ...
Tags: Steel Demand, Chinese Demand