International credit rating agency Moody's has announced that the outlook for the European steel industry will remain stable until 2015, despite anticipated capacity utilization and profitability improvements. According to Moody's report, ...
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According to the Brazil Steel Institute (IABr), Brazilian crude steel production in the January-August period this year amounted to 22.62 million metric tons, one percent lower year on year. In the same period, Brazilian rolled steel output ...
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In August, China's finished steel output increased slightly, while domestic finished steel prices continued to soften in the given month due to slower economic growth, with the finished steel price decreases contributing to significant ...
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Vietnam's Ministry of Industry and Trade has announced its decision in the antidumping (AD) duty investigation of cold rolled stainless steel imports from China, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Taiwan. The ministry has decided that cold rolled ...
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As of August 25, inventory of iron ore at 33 major Chinese ports amounted to 109.34 million mt, up 0.54 million mt or 0.5 percent week on week, as announced by China's Xinhua News Agency on August 26. As of the same date, the Xinhua-China ...
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Shanghai-based Chinese steelmaker Baoshan Iron and Steel Co. Ltd (Baosteel) has issued its financial report for the first half of the current year, stating that in the given period it achieved an operating revenue of RMB 97.598 billion ...
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The Ukrainian association of metal producers Metallurgprom has announced that in the first half of this year exports of rolled steel by Ukrainian metallurgical enterprises declined by two percent year on year to 11.550 million mt, including ...
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According to the Brazil Steel Institute (IABr), Brazilian crude steel production in the January-July period this year amounted to 19.68 million metric tons, 0.9 percent lower year on year. In the same period, Brazilian rolled steel output ...
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UAE-based steelmaker Emirates Steel has announced that it is now focusing on high-margin, high-strength value-added products amid better demand prospects and mega expansion plans in the pipeline within the Middle East region. Emirates ...
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International credit rating agency Fitch Ratings has affirmed mining company Samarco’s rating at BBB, with a stable perspective, it said recently. The rating is based on Samarco’s highly profitable operations, low-cost ...
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With the weakening of domestic sales, Brazil steelmakers are looking to expand exports. According to executives from companies like Companhia Siderurgica Nacional (CSN) and Usiminas, the strategy of increasing exports would help steel ...
Regarding the 11 percent antidumping (AD) duty imposed on Turkish hot rolled flat steel imports, the Turkish Steel Exporters Association (CIB) has said that the Moroccan authorities did not specify how the duty rate was calculated and what ...
In September this year, Ukraine's crude steel production is expected to decrease by 3.8 percent compared to the anticipated August result to 2.5 million mt, according to the Ukrainian association of metal producers Metallurgprom. ...
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India-headquartered steel giant Tata Steel Group has issued its group financial results including Tata Steel Europe for the first quarter ended June 30 of the financial year 2014-15. In the first quarter, Tata Steel Group's net profit ...
As of August 11, inventory of iron ore at 33 major Chinese ports amounted to 109.27 million mt, down 1.72 million mt or 1.54 percent compared to the inventory level recorded on August 4 , as announced by China's Xinhua News Agency on August ...
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