Real steel consumption in the European Union is forecast to increase by almost 2.5 percent in the current year, revised up from the previous growth estimate of two percent, according to the Economic and Steel Market Outlook 2014-2015/Q3 ...
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Alacero, the Latin American steel association, has reported that in the first five months of this year apparent finished steel use in Latin America and the Caribbean totaled 28.6 million mt, up two percent or 601,000 mt year on year. The ...
Mexico recorded the largest trade deficit of imports over exports throughout Latin American rolled steel, with 1.5 million tons in the first five months of 2014, said the Latin American Steel Association (Alacero). The apparent ...
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Seaborne iron ore prices reversed losses Tuesday, as bullish expectations on Chinese economic performance provided stronger support for the steel raw material. Platts assessed the 62% Fe IODEX $0.75/dmt higher on day at $96/dmt CFR North ...
Alacero, the Latin American steel association, has reported that in the first four months of this year apparent finished steel use in Latin America and the Caribbean totaled 22.25 million mt, up one percent year on year. The highest ...
Tags: Finished Steel, crude steel
India's finished steel consumption totaled 12.62 million mt in the first two months of the current Indian fiscal year (started April 1, 2014), with a 0.5 percent year-on-year increase, according to provisional estimates released by the ...
According to the short-range outlook report issued by IREPAS, the global association of producers and exporters of long steel products, demand has continued to improve in the global long steel products market, especially in the Americas and ...
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Latin America is the second most important destination for Chinese finished steel exports, said Alacero on Tuesday. According to the trade group, finished steel imports from China to Latin America reached 2.5 million metric tons between ...
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The first quarter of this year was a bad one for Russian steel-consuming industries, Russia's Metal Supply and Sales magazine has reported. Domestic industrial production was up just 1.4 percent compared to the same period last year. There ...
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In the first four months of this year, Turkey's finished steel output increased by 0.4 percent year on year to 11.49 million metric tons, according to a report released by the Turkish Iron and Steel Producers' Association (TCUD). In the ...
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The US sheet steel market might be in for another stretch of relative stability, as new upcoming outages balance import pressure and drab demand, market sources said Thursday. One industry consultant said manufacturing -- and thus steel ...
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Steel demand in Latin America is expected to grow 3.5 percent this year, driven by infrastructure programs and new sectors such as energy and automotive. Rafael Rubio, general director of the Latin American Steel Association (Alacero) ...
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Alacero, the Latin American steel association, has reported that in the first quarter of this year apparent finished steel use in Latin America and the Caribbean totaled 16.4 million mt, up one percent year on year. The highest increases ...
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As Deacero focuses on developing energy projects due to the company’s high consumption of electricity, Director Raúl Gutiérrez announced this week that the Company plans to install two plants capable of generating up to ...
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Turkish rebar producer Izmir Demir elik Sanayi A.. (IDC) has announced its financial results for the first quarter of the current year, remarking that global apparent steel consumption in 2014 is expected to grow 3.1 percent, while apparent ...
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