Taiwan's largest steelmaker China Steel Corporation (CSC) has announced that in February this year its carbon steel sales volume amounted to 746,713 metric tons, down 5.6 percent compared to January, accounting for 66 percent of domestic ...
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Qinghai Province-based Chinese steelmaker Xining Special Steel Co. has announced that it plans to issue medium-term notes worth RMB 470 million ($76.8 million) on March 14. The notes in question will mature within seven years. Huaxia Bank ...
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Several US ferrosilicon market participants believe the preliminary determination giving a 0% margin on imports of Russian ferrosilicon and a 27.27% margin for imports of Venezuelan material, announced Wednesday, could have a near-term ...
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Major Chinese steelmaker Baosteel has announced that it has signed a cooperation agreement with Netherlands-based Nedschroef Group, a leading global producer of fasteners. Accordingly, Baosteel's high-strength cold forging steel will be ...
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Iron ore blast furnace pellet premiums rose further in March as some steelmakers were said to have agreed quarterly pricing for Q1 around the low $40s/dry mt, and leave open the opportunity to renegotiate for lower pricing later this year. ...
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On February 28, Inner Mongolia-based Chinese steelmaker Baotou Iron and Steel Co. (Baogang Group) announced that in the current year it expects to produce 12 million mt of pig iron, 12.45 million mt of crude steel and 11.66 million mt of ...
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Japanese steelmaker JFE Steel Corporation has announced that it has developed the world's first API X80-grade high-frequency-welded (HFW) steel pipe with thickness of 25.4mm. JFE Steel also announced that it has received the first two ...
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Jiangxi Province-based Chinese steelmaker Fangda Special Steel has announced its preliminary plans to carry out 40-day maintenance work on its 450 m3 blast furnace No. 3 from March 15. The production halt during the maintenance work is ...
Indian state-owned steelmaker Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) has announced that it achieved seven percent year-on-year growth in total finished steel sales in February this year, while its finished steel output amounted to 1 ...
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Sichuan Province-based Chinese steelmaker Panzhihua Iron and Steel Co. (Pangang Group) has announced that it plans to issue short-term bonds worth a total of RMB 3 billion ($483.9 million) on March 4. This will be the company's first ...
Japanese steelmaker Kobe Steel has announced that it has signed a memorandum of understanding with its trading affiliate Shinsho Corporation, Japan companies Metal One Corporation and Osaka Seiko Ltd, and US-based Republic Steel to consider ...
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Hunan Province-based Chinese steelmaker Hunan Valin Iron & Steel Co. (Hunan Valin Steel) has announced that in 2013 its net profit amounted to RMB 106 million ($17.26 million), compared to a net loss of RMB 3.254 billion in 2012. Valin ...
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Global steelmaker ArcelorMittal has announced that, together with Japan-based Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation (NSSMC), it has completed the acquisition of ThyssenKrupp Steel USA, a steel processing plant in Calvert, Alabama, ...
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Russian steelmaker Severstal has announced its financial results for the fourth quarter and the full year of 2013. Accordingly, in the fourth quarter Severstal registered a net loss of $74 million compared to a net profit of $157 million in ...
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Global steelmaker ArcelorMittal has announced that ArcelorMittal Poland has officially opened its new long rail mill in Dbrowa Górnicza, one of only three sites in the world capable of producing 120 meter rails for the railway ...
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