Japanese steelmaker Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation (NSSMC) has announced that NS BlueScope Thailand, part of NS BlueScope Coated Products, a joint venture between NSSMC and Australia-based BlueScope Steel Limited, has decided to ...
Anglo American said Thursday that it increased output of iron ore and metallurgical coal in the first quarter ended March 31, mainly due to a ramp-up in operations. Iron ore production rose 10% year on year to 11.3 million mt on increased ...
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The "Kartell by Laufen" bathroom collection is characterised by the combination of two materials that could hardly be more different. The Italian company Kartell uses plastic, one of the youngest materials in human history, to create ...
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Alacero, the Latin American steel association, has reported that in the first two months of this year apparent finished steel use in Latin America and the Caribbean totaled 10.8 million mt, up one percent year on year. The highest increases ...
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Finland-based steelmaker Ruukki has issued its financial results for the first quarter of the current year, stating that it expects demand for steel to pick up slightly in 2014. Nevertheless, demand growth will continue to be limited by ...
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Louisville, Kentucky-based Steel Technologies LLC announced Tuesday its agreement to purchase Stripco LLC, Stripco Sales Company, LLC, and Stripco Express Inc. (collectively, “Stripco”). Stripco is a premier value-added steel ...
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Speaking on behalf of World Steel Dynamics (WSD) at SteelHome's 10th Steel Development Strategy Conference held recently in Shanghai, Wu Wenzheng, president of SteelHome, said that WSD's global steel output forecast for 2014 is 1.61 billion ...
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The US Department of Commerce (DOC) announced Wednesday the preliminary results of its administrative review of the countervailing duty (CVD) order on circular welded carbon steel pipe and tube (standard pipe) from Turkey. The review ...
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Based on preliminary Census Bureau data, the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported Wednesday that the US imported a total of 3,219,000 net tons (nt) of steel in March, including 2,425,000 nt of finished steel (down 2.0 percent ...
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Austria-based voestalpine broke ground Wednesday on the construction of a EUR 550 million (US$760 million) direct reduction plant in Corpus Christi, Texas. The plant, which represents the largest foreign investment in the history of ...
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German plantmaker SMS Siemag has announced that the Chinese steelmaker Angang Steel Company (Angang) has ordered a continuous hot dip galvanizing line. The line will be installed in a new plant near the city of Guangzhou in the province of ...
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The US Department of Commerce (DOC) announced Wednesday the preliminary results of its administrative review of the antidumping (AD) order on stainless steel bar from Spain. The review covers one company — Gerdau Aceros Especiales ...
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Liaoning Province-based Chinese steelmaker Anshan Iron and Steel Co. (Ansteel) has announced that on April 24 it will issue ultra-short-term bonds worth a total of RMB 3 billion ($489.4 million) for a term of 180 days. China Construction ...
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According to the report released by Argentina's steel chamber, in March this year the country's crude steel production was up 24 percent month on month and increased by 0.9 percent year on year, amounting to 471,800 metric tons. Production ...
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On April 23, Liaoning Province-based Chinese steelmaker Benxi Iron and Steel (Group) Co. (Benxi Steel or Bengang) announced that in 2013 it registered an operating revenue of RMB 40.329 billion ($6.58 billion), down 0.62 percent year on ...
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