Turkey's biggest integrated steelmaker Erdemir has stated that the market share of its steel sheet supply to the automotive industry has increased, rising to 36 percent in 2013 through direct sales and distribution channels from 25 percent ...
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Germany-based long steel producer Saarstahl has announced its financial and operational results for 2013, reporting a pre-tax loss of €131 million, compared to pre-tax earnings of €9 million in the previous year. In 2013, the ...
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Tampa, Florida-based Gerdau Long Steel North America announced this week that Guilherme Gerdau Johannpeter, president of Gerdau Long Steel North America, is being promoted to executive vice president and will join Gerdau's Executive ...
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According to a report from the American Institute for International Steel (AIIS), February 2014 showed mixed to disappointing results for US steel exports. “A weaker result in February over January was particularly evident with ...
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In February this year, Turkey's billet and bloom import volume decreased by 48.14 percent year on year to 185,927 metric tons, down 30.32 percent compared to the previous month, according to the data provided by the Turkish Statistical ...
Tags: Steel, Steel Billet, Billet
In March of the current year, Turkey's steel exports declined by 21.5 percent to 1.59 million mt, while the value of these exports decreased by 16.5 percent to $1.32 billion, both on year-on-year basis, according to the Turkish Steel ...
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Sweden-based special steel producer Ovako has announced that in 2013 it registered a net loss of €21 million, widening from a net loss of €4 million in 2012, while the company's sales revenues amounted to €850 million, ...
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Indian state-run steelmaking and mining company Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL), also known as Vizag Steel, has announced that it registered a sales turnover of INR 135.3 billion ($2.24 billion) in the financial year 2013-14 ending ...
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According to the American Iron and Steel Institute, in the week ending April 5, 2014, domestic raw steel production was 1,762,000 net tons while the capability utilization rate was 73.3 percent. Production was 1,834,000 net tons in the week ...
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According to local news reports, a spokesperson for the US Steel Gary Works plant has said that although they have resumed steelmaking, their production capacity is still limited. The plant ceased operations several weeks ago after icy ...
Indian steelmaker Tata Steel has announced that New Zealand-based Steel & Tube Holdings Ltd has agreed to acquire Tata Steel International Australasia Ltd (TSIAL) on April 14, 2014 for a cash consideration of NZ$27.5 million (23,8 million ...
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JSW Steel, one of the largest Indian steelmakers, produced 12.7 million mt of crude steel in the financial year 2013-14 ending March 31, posting a 43 percent year-on-year increase. According to the company's statement, in the given period ...
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Indian steelmaker Tata Steel has announced that its crude steel output for the financial year 2013-14 ending March 31 amounted to 9.15 million mt, increasing by 12.55 percent year on year. The company's liquid pig iron output in the given ...
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In the first two months of this year, Japan's cold rolled sheet and strip shipments increased by 0.66 percent on year-on-year basis to 1.05 million metric tons, according to the Japan Iron and Steel Federation (JISF) data. 56 percent of ...
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The price of zinc could get up to $4,500/mt by the end of the decade as supply is outstripped by increasing demand, CRU analyst Helen O'Cleary said Monday. The analyst -- speaking at the Metal Events 6th International Zinc conference in ...
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