As of March 29, inventory of the main finished steel products (plate, hot rolled coil (HRC), cold rolled coil (CRC), rebar and wire rod) in the major steel markets in China totaled 21.927 million mt, down 154,000 mt week on week and ...
Tags: Finished Steel, Metallurgy, Mineral
China's purchasing managers' index (PMI) for its domestic manufacturing sector was at 50.9 percent in March this year, up 0.8 percentage points compared to February and standing above 50 percent for six months in a row, according to the ...
Russian pipe producer Chelyabinsk Tube-Rolling Plant (ChTPZ) has announced that in February-March 2013, it has supplied 1,200 mt of casings with Premium connections to Russian oil company Gazprom Neft for the construction of new oil wells ...
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According to the data announced by Statistics Indonesia (BPS), in February this year Indonesia's steel imports totaled $843 million in value, decreasing by 4.6 percent as compared to the previous month, while the country's import value for ...
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In February this year, Japan's industrial production decreased 0.1 percent from the previous month, showing a month-on-month decrease for the first month in three months. Japan's industrial output showed a decrease of 11 percent from ...
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According to the provisional foreign trade statistics compiled by the Turkish Exporters' Association (TIM), in March this year Turkey's steel exports totaled $1.5 billion in value, increasing by 10.3 percent year on year and up 17.8 percent ...
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According to the provisional foreign trade statistics compiled by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK) and the Turkish Undersecretariat of Customs, in February this year Turkey's iron and steel imports totaled $1.4 billion, decreasing ...
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Hebei Province-based Chinese steelmaker Hebei Iron and Steel Group announced that as of March 24, its Yanshan iron ore mine , produced 375,600 mt of iron ore concentrate in January-March period of the current year, exceeding the target for ...
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In the week ended March 28, prices decreased again in the London Metal Exchange (LME) billet market, after the strong fall recorded in the previous week. The following prices were recorded in LME billet contract trading as of the end of ...
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In the week from March 25 to March 31, the scrap indexes started to move downwards on the Orbis Steel Index. In the given week, the Turkish rebar index slightly decreased. The Turkish flat rolled products indexes have not shown any changes ...
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Mr. Sanjay Mehta, Chief Executive Officer of Al Nasser Industrial Enterprises LLC, the biggest trading company in the UAE, evaluated the current situation in the UAE rebar market for SteelOrbis. What can you tell us about the current ...
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ConocoPhillips, the biggest gas producer in northwestern New Mexico's San Juan Basin, will temporarily suspend new gas drilling there until further notice, a spokesman said Thursday. "We're beginning, effective immediately, a temporary ...
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US oil, natural gas and coal industries are bracing for the release of new standards that could derail, postpone or at least create new legal hurdles for some of the country's largest planned energy projects, including interstate pipelines, ...
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Bayi Steel, a leading Chinese steel producer and also a subsidiary of Baosteel Group has already initiated its Nanjiang iron and steel base production project since the beginning of construction from two years back for expansion. This ...
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France-based pipe manufacturer Vallourec has stated that it is maintaining its commitment to sustainable development, indicating that in 2012 it achieved a 12 percent increase in energy efficiency compared to 2008. Vallourec saw a big ...
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