Jiangxi Province-based Chinese steelmaker Xinyu Iron and Steel Co. has announced that it plans to issue medium-term notes worth RMB 1.6 billion ($261 million) on July 18. This will be the company's first medium-term notes issue in the ...
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Through a subsidary of Minera del Norte, Mexican steelmaker Altos Hornos de Mexico (AHMSA) hired TüV Rheinland of Mexico to certify the proper operation of methane gas destruction systems in units operating on three sites in the coal ...
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With an investment of US$65 million, Monterrey, Mexico-based pipe producer Forza Steel began operations at a new plant that has expanded to double the company's installed capacity. Forza's CEO, Eduardo Villarreal Leal, attributed the ...
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Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. announced Thursday that the Company’s Board of Directors has appointed Lourenco Goncalves to the positions of Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. Goncalves replaces ...
The US Department of Commerce (DOC) announced Friday its affirmative final determinations in the antidumping duty (AD) investigations of imports of OCTG from India, Korea, the Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, ...
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In July this year, manganese ore shipments from Australia's Port Hedland totaled 268,321 metric tons, increasing by 60.19 percent from 167,500 metric tons in June and up 36.55 percent compared to the same month of 2013, according to the ...
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Baker Hughes reported that for the week ending July 11 the US rig count increased again by one to 1,875, following a one-rig increase the week before. The rig count is still up by 116 from 1,759 rigs during the same week a year ago. The gas ...
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In early July (July 1-10) this year, the average prices in China of 16-25 mm HRB 400 rebar, 20 mm Q235 common medium plate, 3 mm Q235 hot rolled sheet, 219 mm x 6 mm seamless pipe and 5 mm x 5 mm angles were recorded at RMB 3,124/mt ...
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Belarus-based Byelorussian Steel Works (BMZ) has stated that in July this year its plans to ship around 90,000 mt of rebar, up 12 percent compared to June results. In the January-June period of the current year, BMZ shipped about 545,000 ...
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Long steel producer Siderurgica Norte Brasil (Sinobras) has received a license to expand its mill in the city of Maraba, in the state of Para, Brazil, the company announced on Thursday. The state’s governor delivered the document to ...
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In June this year, Indian motor vehicle production increased by 11.56 percent year on year to 1,809,304 units, according to the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM). In the first three months of the current Indian fiscal year ...
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In May this year, India's industrial production increased by 4.7 percent year on year, according to government data. Industrial production in the April-May period of the current fiscal year increased by four percent year on year. ...
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Japan-based Daido Steel Co., Ltd has announced that it reached an agreement on July 9 to buy a 10 percent stake in Indian specialty steel producer Sunflag Iron and Steel Company Ltd for approximately JPY 1 billion ($9.87 million). ...
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Indonesia-based steelmaker PT Krakatau Steel (Persero) Tbk (PT KS) has announced that it has signed an agreement with its subsidiary PT Krakatau Engineering and German plantmaker SMS Siemag for the construction of a 1.5 million mt hot strip ...
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Central Europe-based miner New World Resources Plc (NWR) has announced that it has reached agreements with its customers for coking coal sales for the third quarter of the current year. Accordingly, NWR has set the average agreed price of ...
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