At the SteelOrbis Market Talks Meeting held in the northwestern Turkish city of Bursa on March 15, Sinan Sozen, executive vice president of Borcelik, one of Turkey's leading cold rolled coil and galvanized sheet producers, said that the ...
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In February this year, of 70 major Chinese cities surveyed, 66 cities saw higher prices in the new house market, one city witnessed lower prices, while new house prices in the remaining three cities remained unchanged, all compared to ...
Tags: Chinam, Housing Prices, Mineral
In February this year, China’s auto exports totaled 67,000 vehicles, with a year-on-year growth of 9.1 percent, compared to the year-on-year increase of 23.5 percent recorded in the same month last year, according to the China ...
Tags: China, Auto Exports, Mineral
According to statistics released by Japan's Ministry of Finance, Japan's coking coal imports totaled 6.1 million metric tons in January this year, rising by 10.5 percent month on month and down 4.35 percent compared to January 2012. In ...
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According to the data provided by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK), in January this year Turkey's total hot rolled coil (HRC) exports amounted to 114,083 metric tons, up 2.8 percent compared to the previous month and more than ...
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In the week from March 11 to March 17, the scrap indexes moved downwards on the Orbis Steel Index. In the given week, the Turkish rebar index started to decline after four straight weeks of upward movement. The Black Sea HRC export index ...
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Sichuan Province-based Chinese steelmaker Pangang Group Steel Vanadium & Titanium Co., Ltd has announced its financial results for 2012. Accordingly, the company achieved an operating revenue of RMB 15.602 billion ($2.5 billion) in ...
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In February this year, Indian steel producer JSW Steel’s crude steel production increased by 11 percent compared to February 2012. JSW produced 675,000 mt of crude steel in February of the current year, compared to 609,000 mt in ...
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In January of the current year, Japan's seasonally adjusted industrial production increased 0.3 percent from the previous month, while the original index indicated a decrease of 5.8 percent compared to the same month last year. The ...
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According to report, Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp (NSSMC) announced that it will raise domestic H-beam prices for March by ¥5,000/ton to bring the price to a profitable level. The company also decided to raise the prices by ...
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On Thursday, the US Department of Commerce (DOC) announced the final results of its administrative review of the antidumping (AD) order on corrosion-resistant carbon steel flat products from Korea. This is the 18th administrative review of ...
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The Mexican Ministry of Economy (SE) endorsed the application of antidumping duties imposed a year ago from 68 to 250 percent on graphite electrodes for electric arc furnaces, which are imported from any country but of Chinese origin and ...
Tags: Graphite Electrodes, steel industry, steel
According to the World Bureau of Metal Statistics (WBMS), in 2012 there was a nickel supply surplus of 117,000 mt in the global market. In 2011, the calculated deficit was 3,100 mt. Reported nickel stocks held at the LME at the end of ...
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The European Commission (EC) has announced that it has imposed a definitive antidumping (AD) duty on organic coated steel plate imports originating from China. The antidumping duty investigation regarding the abovementioned product was ...
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Baker Hughes reported Friday that for the week ending March 15, the US rig count increased by 24 to 1,776, following decreases in the prior two weeks. During the week, the oil rig count was stable at 1,341 while the gas-directed rig count ...
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