In June this year, Japan's hot rolled plate and sheet shipments decreased by 10.22 percent compared to May and were down 7.11 percent on year-on-year basis, amounting to 796,581 metric tons. 79 percent of shipments were made to the domestic ...
Tags: HR Steel, Steel Strip
According to the data released by the World Steel Association (worldsteel), global direct reduced iron (DRI) production in the 14 countries accounting for approximately 87 percent of total world DRI production in 2013 amounted to 4.8 ...
Tags: reduced iron, Mineral
Austria-based steel producer voestalpine has announced that it has signed another agreement with Mexican steelmaker Altos Hornos de México (AHMSA) for the supply of 400,000 mt of hot briquetted iron (HBI) produced in Texas. ...
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Spot export offers for Chinese magnesium ingot on a FOB basis tracked steady domestic prices, while the overseas physical buying interest has remained lacking, industry sources said Thursday. Most spot offers on a FOB basis were heard ...
Brazilian sales of flat steel are expected to slow down this year, steel distributors said recently. Brazil distributor association Inda said domestic sales of flat steels reached 2.5 million mt from January to July, reflecting a 1.9 ...
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Australia-based mining and materials company Arrium Limited has issued its financial results for the financial year 2013-14 ended June 30. In the given period, Arrium achieved an underlying net profit of A$296 million, rising 83 percent ...
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In January-July period of this year, world pig iron production amounted to 690.74 million mt, rising by 1.29 percent compared to the same period of 2013, according to the preliminary data covering 38 countries accounting for approximately ...
As reported by Germany's Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), in July this year the wholesale selling prices of industrial products in Germany were down 0.7 percent compared to July 2013, following the 0.8 percent year-on-year price ...
Tags: Metal Prices, industrial products
Russia-based pipe producer United Metallurgical Company (OMK) has stated that it has cancelled its plans to launch its own terminal for export at the port of Ust-Luga in the St. Petersburg region. The company planned to launch the Baltic ...
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Makers of solar photovoltaic (PV) cells are increasing research and development efforts to push cell efficiencies to record levels. According to Solarbuzz, the power rating of industry-standard 60-cell multi-crystalline silicon-based ...
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With South Africa's increasing demand for energy facing limited capacity and about 40 percent of total energy consumption spent in buildings, the call for energy-efficient construction materials is getting louder. This is one of the ...
Spot import premiums for London Metal Exchange-registered brands of copper cathode on a CIF China basis slipped for a second consecutive week, dampened by persistently weak physical buying interest during the current summer lull, market ...
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The Ukrainian association of metal producers Metallurgprom has announced that in the first half of this year exports of rolled steel by Ukrainian metallurgical enterprises declined by two percent year on year to 11.550 million mt, including ...
Tags: Rolled Steel Export, Mineral
In the January-July period of this year, Turkey's steel exports decreased by 6.8 percent year on year to 10.86 million mt, while the value of these exports totaled $9.06 billion, down 4.1 percent, both on year-on-year basis, according to ...
Tags: Steel Exports, Mineral
On August 19, China's Ministry of Commerce (MOC) announced that during last week (August 11-17) the overall average finished steel price in China declined by 0.2 percent week on week. In the given week, the average prices of I-section ...
Tags: Finished Steel, I-section steel