Westlake Chemical Corporation announced that Mr. Michael J. Graff (57) and Mr. R. Bruce Northcutt (53) have been elected to the company's board of directors. Mr. Graff is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of American Air Liquide ...
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Russian pipe producing company United Metallurgical Company (OMK) has stated that in April of the current year its foundry-rolling complex produced 91,000 mt of hot rolled flat steel, mostly consisting of hot rolled coil (HRC) but also ...
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According to the Brazil Steel Institute (IABr), Brazilian steelmakers produced 3 million metric tons (mt) of crude steel in April of the current year, reflecting a 1.6 percent decline from April 2012, but up 2.45 percent compared to March ...
On May 16, Tianjin, China-based Tianjin Metallurgical No. 3 Steel & Youfa Iron and Steel Corp.'s blast furnace No. 2, designed by Huatian Engineering and Technology Co., a subsidiary of China Metallurgical Group Co. (MCC), successfully ...
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In the week from May 13 to May 19, the scrap indexes declined further on the Orbis Steel Index. In the given week, the Turkish rebar index continued to decrease, while Black Sea HRC export index switched to sideways movement. The Turkish ...
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According to the data provided by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK), in the first quarter of the year Turkey's pig iron imports totaled 277,286 mt, decreasing 24 percent compared to the same period of 2012 and down 15 percent ...
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The US Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development jointly announced Thursday that privately-owned housing units authorized by building permits in April were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,017,000. This is ...
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Hebei Province-based Chinese steelmaker Hebei Iron and Steel Group has announced that its subsidiary Chengde Iron and Steel Co. has received an order for 7,000 mt of rebar from China National Offshore Oil Corp. (CNOOC), one of China's major ...
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According to the data released by Argentina's chamber of steel, in the first four months of this year Argentina's crude steel production totaled 1.5 million metric tons, decreasing 15.7 percent year on year. In April this year, ...
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Sinopec Yizheng Chemical Fibre put the polyester chip project with annual production capacity of 200,000 tons a year into successful use on May 11, marking a new step on building the major business polyester and speeding up product ...
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Sinopec Engineering (SEHK: 2386) has recorded over-subscriptions of more than 28 times and frozen capital of about CNY 25.7 billion by the afternoon of May 15, the third largest stock by frozen capital following Time Watch Investments with ...
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Indian miner Vedanta Resources has announced its financial results for the fiscal year 2012-13 ended on March 31. Vedanta's profit after tax increased by 35.6 percent to $1.66 billion compared to the previous financial year, while the ...
Tags: Iron Ore Mining, Metallurgy, Mineral&Energy, Karnataka
Federal Reserve data Wednesday showed that industrial production in the US decreased 0.5 percent in April, following a 0.3 percent increase in March and a 0.9 percent improvement in February. Manufacturing output moved down 0.4 percent in ...
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According to a statement released by the Turkish Iron and Steel Producers' Association (TCUD), in the first four months of the current year Turkey's crude steel output amounted to 11.4 million mt, down 4.6 percent year on year. The TCUD ...
Tags: Crude Steel, Metallurgy, Mineral&Energy, Turkish
Russian steelmaker Evraz has announced that it plans to resume work at the main mine of its coking coal producer Raspadskaya by June 15. As of Tuesday, May 14, Raspadskaya had suspended work at the mine due to high gas levels. Evraz ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral&Energy, Coal Mine, Raspadskaya Coal Mine