In March this year, Moldavian Metallurgical Works (MMZ), a steelmaker based in the Transnistrian region of Moldova, produced 31,903 mt of crude steel and 35,033 mt of rolled products, including 21,041 mt of reinforcing bars and 13,992 mt of ...
Tags: Crude Steel, Steel, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
Japanese steelmaker Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation (NSSMC) has announced that it has set up a system to manufacture and ship 150 meter long rails, the world longest rails for railroads, at its Yawata Works. NSSMC's 150 meter ...
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Taiwan's largest steelmaker China Steel Corporation (CSC) has announced that in March this year its carbon steel sales volume amounted to 837,120 metric tons, up 12.1 percent compared to February, accounting for 65 percent of domestic ...
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The US Department of Commerce (US DOC) has announced its final affirmative decision regarding the antidumping duty (AD) investigation of imports of diffusion-annealed, nickel-plated flat rolled steel products from Japan. Accordingly, the ...
On April 10, Inner Mongolia-based Chinese steelmaker Baotou Iron and Steel Co. (Baogang Group) announced that in the first quarter this year it exported 375,000 mt of finished steel, up 26 percent, with an export value of $220 million, ...
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Hebei Province-based Chinese steelmaker Hebei Iron and Steel Group has announced that its subsidiary Hebei Iron and Steel Group Mining Co. (Hebei Steel Mining) produced 2.078 million mt of iron ore concentrate in the January-March period of ...
Tags: Iron Ore, Concentrate Output, Steel
Finland-based steelmaker Ruukki has announced that it will replace the blast furnace oil injection system at its Raahe steel plant with a new pulverized coal injection (PCI) system to improve steelmaking cost efficiency by reducing raw ...
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Finland-based steelmaker Ruukki (Rautaruukki Corp.) has announced that Swedish specialty steel producer SSAB has passed the necessary resolutions to enable the implementation of the planned share exchange offer to Rautaruukki's ...
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Indian steelmaker JSW Steel has announced that it has acquired a 26 percent stake in Punjab-based Vallabh Tinplate Pvt Ltd (VTPL), fulfilling the customary closing conditions and third party consents. As SteelOrbis previously reported, in ...
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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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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 ...
Tags: Steel, Tube, Steel Subsidiary
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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South Korean steelmaker Dongkuk Steel has announced that in 2013 it registered a net loss of KRW 120.9 billion ($114.9 million), narrowing down from KRW 235.1 billion in the previous year. In 2013, the company's sales revenues decreased ...
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Ukrainian steelmaker Zaporizhstal has announced its plans to invest UAH 12 million ($1.03 million) in 2014 in the improvement of safety at working places and for the provision of workers with improved personal protection equipment. The ...
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Indian state-owned steelmaker Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) has announced that its finished steel sales increased by seven percent year-on-year to 12.1 million mt in financial year 2013-14 ending March 31. Growth in domestic sales ...
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