In the week from April 1 to April 7, the Turkish scrap index continued to move downwards, while the US (East Coast) HMS I/II scrap export index switched to sideways movement on the Orbis Steel Index. In the given week, the Turkish HRC and ...
Tags: Scrap, Steel Index, Mineral
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has introduced a quota of 10.2 million mt on imports of coal (coking coal, bituminous coal and other types of coal) for 2013 and banned inbound shipments of coke this year in an effort to support local ...
Tags: Coking Coal Import, Coke Imports, Mineral
According to the data released by the Japan Iron and Steel Association (JISF), steel product orders, including specialty steels, booked by domestic steel consuming sectors in Japan in February this year amounted to 7.5 million metric tons, ...
Tags: Domestic Steel Product, Mineral, Metallurgy
JSW Steel, one of the largest Indian steelmakers, has posted a 15 percent year-on-year increase in crude steel production to 8.52 million mt in the financial year 2012-13 ended March 31, 2013. According to the company’s ...
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Plug Power, a leader in providing clean, reliable energy solutions, has announced it will deploy a fleet f 65 GenDrive fuel cell units for customer, Ace Hardware Corporation. The power units will be used at Ace Hardware’s newest ...
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Baker Hughes reported Friday that for the week ending April 5, the US rig count fell by 10 to 1,738, following a two-rig increase a week ago. During the week, the oil rig count rose by three to 1,357 while the gas-directed rig count was ...
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On Thursday, the Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA) announced that it has completed its phase of the expiry (or sunset) review of the antidumping order on certain carbon steel welded pipe from China. The CBSA determined that ...
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Shanghai-based Chinese steel giant Baosteel announced on March 29 that in 2012, its annual operating revenue reached RMB 191.136 billion ($30.73 billion), down by 14.1 percent compared to RMB 222.505 billion ($35.77 billion) recorded in ...
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Speaking at the International Steel Trade Day organized by STSG-Eurometal in Milan on April 4, Cesare Viganò, general manager of Italy-based CLN, presented his outlook for the steel market in 2013. The global steel industry has ...
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On April 5, the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUK) released the domestic construction sector indicators for the fourth quarter of 2012. Accordingly, in the quarter in question, the production index in Turkey's domestic construction ...
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According to the data provided by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK), in February this year Turkey's rebar (including round bar) exports amounted to 660,466 metric tons, increasing by 19.4 percent compared to the previous month and ...
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According to the data provided by the state-owned Turkey Coal Institution (TTK), in the first quarter of this year TTK's coking coal production fell by 1.2 percent or 1,245 mt compared to the same quarter of the previous year, to 104,318 ...
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Russian pipemaker TMK has announced that its subsidiary US-based service company OFS International LLC has acquired a 100 percent stake in the pipe services and precision manufacturing assets of Scotland-based ITS Tubular Services ...
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Lisle, Illinois-based coke producer Suncoke Energy said Thursday that domestic coke production for Q1 2013 is expected to be 1.05 million tons, down from 1.07 million tons in Q1 2012. The year-over-year change reflects the benefit of an ...
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The 30 percent Minerals Resources Rent Tax (MRRT) in Australia requiring mining companies to pay tax when their annual profits reach $75 million, a measure designed so as not to burden small businesses, raised only A$126 million in the ...
Tags: Australia, Mining Tax, Metallurgy