Japanese steelmaker Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation (NSSMC) has announced that it has signed a definitive agreement with Indonesia-based PT Krakatau Steel (Persero) Tbk (PTKS) concerning their automotive flat steel products joint ...
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According to the American Iron and Steel Institute, in the week ending August 9, 2014, US domestic raw steel production was 1,896,000 net tons while the capability utilization rate was 78.8 percent. Production was 1,858,000 net tons in the ...
US-NAFTA trade totaled $103.9 billion in May 2014 as four of five transportation modes – vessel, pipeline, rail, and trucks – carried more US-NAFTA trade than in May 2013, according to the TransBorder Freight Data released ...
ArcelorMittal’s Lázaro Cárdenas steel plant expects to close 2014 with a production of about 4 million tons of crude steel, of which about 1.2 million tons will comprise finished products--rebar and wire rod--according ...
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Gerdau S.A. reported Wednesday that shipments of steel products reached 4.5 million mt in the second quarter of 2014, a reduction of 2.4 percent when compared to Q2 2013. Net Sales reached R$10.4 billion in Q2 2014, an increase of 5.7 ...
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According to the data provided by the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association (JAMA), in June this year Japanese automobile production (including passenger cars, trucks and buses) totaled 857,317 units, increasing by 53,192 units or 6.6 ...
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According to the preliminary data released by Statistics South Africa (SSA), in June this year South Africa's manufacturing output increased by 0.5 percent compared to the same month of 2013. The main reasons for the increase included the ...
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In July this year, the value of Taiwan's iron and steel exports increased by 10.5 percent year on year but decreased by 1.2 percent compared to June to $1.60 billion, according to the preliminary statistics issued by Taiwan's Ministry of ...
According to the data released by Ukrainian association of metal producers Metallurgprom, in June this year Ukraine exported $451.276 million worth of semi-finished steel products, while imports of these products totaled $5.332 million in ...
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According to the statistics released by the French Ministry of Economy, Finance and Industry, in the first half of this year France's basic steel product and ferroalloy exports amounted to a value of €4.84 billion, increasing by 0.16 ...
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In July this year, iron ore shipments from Australia's Port Hedland increased by 7.39 percent compared to June and were up 35.59 percent year on year, totaling 36.08 million metric tons. The figure constitutes a 4.8 percent rise from Port ...
Japanese steelmaker Kobe Steel has announced that it has established a joint venture called Kobelco Angang Auto Steel with Chinese steelmaker Angang Steel, a subsidiary of Anshan Iron & Steel Group, to produce cold rolled high-strength ...
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The Mexican steel industry reported an increase of 9.5 percent in crude steel production in the first half of 2014 compared to the same period last year, which reached and production levels prior to the start of the crisis in the global ...
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International credit rating agency Fitch Ratings has affirmed Brazil steelmaker Gerdau’s rating at BBB-, with a stable perspective, it said recently. The rating is based on Gerdau’s “position as the leading ...
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Australian iron ore miner Fortescue Metals Group has announced that its iron ore shipments in the fourth quarter ending June 30 of the financial year 2013-14 totaled 38.7 million mt, increasing by 55 percent year on year and indicating a ...
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