According to the American Iron and Steel Institute, in the week ending December 28, 2013, US domestic raw steel production was 1,773,000 net tons while the capability utilization rate was 74.0 percent. Production was 1,785,000 net tons in ...
On December 30, Inner Mongolia-based Chinese steelmaker Baotou Iron and Steel Co. (Baogang) announced that it plans to issue 8.255 billion shares to its controlling shareholder Baogang Group and six other companies. The total of RMB 29.8 ...
Jiangsu Province-based Chinese steelmaker Nanjing Iron and Steel Group Co. (Nanjing Steel) has performed a successful hot run test on its steel bar production project, as announced on December 30 by Beijing-based state-owned China ...
Tags: Nanjing Steel, Mineral
Shandong Province-based Chinese steelmaker Shandong Iron and Steel Co. (Shandong Steel) announced on December 30 that it has sold an 80 percent stake in Jinan Steel International Trade Co. and a 100 percent stake in Shandong Laiwu Steel ...
Tags: Shangdong Steel, Subsidiaries
Based on preliminary US Census Bureau data, the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported Monday that the US imported a total of 2,584,000 net tons (nt) of steel in November, including 1,906,000 nt of finished steel (down 16.7 ...
Tags: Steel Imports, Mineral
China's largest steel base, Hebei province, will cut 67.26 million metric tons of capacity by 2017 without putting too much emphasis on local growth in gross domestic product in order to create a sustainable development of the industry and ...
Tags: Steel Capacity, Pollution
Liaoning Province-based Chinese steelmaker Anshan Iron and Steel Group Co. (Ansteel) has held a signing ceremony for the establishment of an automotive steel sheet production facility in the Panyu district of Guangzhou, as reported by local ...
Tags: steel, metallurgy
On December 30, Chinese steel producer Hebei Iron and Steel Group announced that in the current year up to and including December 25 the Yanshan iron ore mine of its subsidiary Hebei Iron and Steel Group Mining Co. achieved a total iron ore ...
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Shandong Province-based Chinese port company Rizhao Port Co. plans to launch a joint venture company with local Chinese steelmaker Shandong Iron and Steel Group Co. and Shandong State-owned Assets Investment Holdings Co., with a registered ...
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Major Chinese steel producer Hebei Iron and Steel Group Co. has announced that it plans to set up a wholly-owned trading subsidiary called Beijing Hegang Iron and Steel Trade Co. in Chaoyang, Beijing, with an investment of RMB 100 million ...
In November this year, Japan's industrial production increased by 0.1 percent from the previous month and rose by five percent from November in the previous year, according to the preliminary indices of the Industrial Production report ...
Tags: Steel Production, Mineral
China will encourage Chinese steel enterprises suffering from overcapacity to transfer their businesses to overseas markets where the steel market is still very big, a top official was quoted in a statement published on the website of the ...
Tags: steel enterprises, steel industry
Hebei province-based Chinese steelmaker Hebei Iron and Steel Group Co. (HBIS) announced on December 25 that in 2013, its subsidiary Handan Iron and Steel Co. (Handan Steel) supplied over 60,000 mt of HDG products for China's leading solar ...
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In the first 10 months of this year, Japan's galvanized sheet output amounted to 10.07 million mt, up 2.23 percent compared to same period of 2012. In October, the country's galvanized sheet output decreased by 1.73 percent compared to ...
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In October this year, Japan's hot rolled plate and sheet shipments decreased by 1.97 percent compared to September and were down 8.92 percent on year-on-year basis, amounting to 846,779 metric tons. 76.50 percent of shipments were made to ...
Tags: steel, metallurgy