Global steelmakers, metallurgical coal miners and merchant coke producers are feeling the heat thanks to sluggish steel and coal prices coupled with the prospect of higher energy costs in the US due to regulation, participants said Tuesday ...
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On November 4, Chinese steelmaker Chongqing Iron and Steel Co., Ltd (Chongqing Steel) announced that in the January-October period this year it achieved a pig iron output of 4,822,900 mt, a crude steel output of 4,876,600 mt, a finished ...
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Mello Lopes, the executive president of the Brazilian steel institute (IABr) said on November 4th that Brazil's steel output might rise in 2014, driven by the country's industry development plan and the innovation in automobile industry. At ...
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Swedish specialty steel producer SSAB has posted its financial results for the third quarter and the first nine months of the current year, reporting a net loss of SEK 520 million ($79.7 million) for the third quarter, compared to a net ...
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In October this year, Ukrainian steelmaker Zaporizhstal's finished steel product output increased by 2.5 percent year on year to 291,000 mt, while its crude steel production was unchanged year on year at 333,600 mt, according to the ...
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Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade & Industry (Meti) predicted that the country's specialty steel output might jump by 20.8% year on year to reach 5,324,000 tons in October-December. Also, the figures increased by 4.3% from a quarter ago. ...
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According to statistics released by the Mexican steel chamber (Canacero), the country's crude steel output totaled 1.34 million tons in June, hitting the lowest level over the past 30 months and falling by 5% from 1.41 million tons in June, ...
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In the first 10 months of the current year, Ukraine registered a one percent increase in its finished steel product output to 24.398 million mt, a one percent increase in its crude steel output to 27.466 million mt, and a two percent rise ...
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According to data released by Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade & Industry (Meti), the country's steel output should reach 28.48 million tons in the fourth quarter of this year, rising by 9.9% year on year and increasing by 2.7% from a ...
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Most domestic steelmakers are seeing an improvement in their third-quarter performance. Fifteen of the 20 listed steel companies that issued third quarter reports made profits, as opposed to last year, when up to 90 percent of the steel ...
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Brazil-based steel producer Gerdau SA has reported its financial results for the third quarter and the first nine months of the current year. In the third quarter, the net profit of the company was R$642 million ($292 million), up 57.4 ...
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The world's second-largest steelmaker, Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp, has raised its financial year 2014's profit forecast from ¥300 billion to ¥340 billion, up 13%. The company contributes the profit forecast rise to cost cut ...
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The China Iron and Steel Association (CISA) has announced that in mid-October (Oct. 11-20) this year the average aggregate daily crude steel output of large and medium-sized steel enterprises in China totaled 1.7117 million mt, down 2.97 ...
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Russian MMK Group announced that its crude steel production totaled 2.874 million tons in the third quarter of this year, decreasing by 7% from a quarter ago. Meanwhile, the company's finished steel output in the third quarter totaled 2.64 ...
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Russkaya Stal (Russian Steel), a non-pro?t association of Russian domestic steelmakers, has reported that its main member enterprises produced 4.36 million metric tons of finished steel in September this year, down four percent from August ...
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