In May of the current year, steel product orders, including specialty steels, booked by domestic sectors in Japan amounted to 4.76 million metric tons, up 2.71 percent compared to May 2013, but down 2.6 percent compared to April, according ...
Tags: Steel, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
Valin ArcelorMittal Automotive Steel (VAMA) has forayed into the automotive manufacturing with the opening of a new advanced automotive steel plant in China with a total investment of CNY5.2bn ($832m) Located in the economic zone in Loudi ...
In April of the current year, steel product orders, including specialty steels, booked by domestic sectors in Japan amounted to 4.89 million metric tons, up 4.09 percent compared to April 2013 and up 1.51 percent compared to March, ...
Tags: Steel Product, domestic sectors
Ford Motor Company, a US-based automotive company, has introduced its Lightweight Concept vehicle, built using advanced materials including new metals, alloys and composites as a part of its research for future weight-reduction solutions. ...
In March of the current year, steel product orders, including specialty steels, booked by domestic sectors in Japan amounted to 4.81 million metric tons, up 0.42 percent compared to March 2013 and up 2.02 percent compared to February, ...
Tags: Steel Product, specialty steels
According to the short-range outlook report issued by IREPAS, the global association of producers and exporters of long steel products, the global long steel products market is still characterized by uncertainty amid the adverse effects of ...
Tags: Long Steel Demand, steel products
Global steelmaker Tata Steel has announced that its Netherlands-based subsidiary Service Center Maastricht will commission a large heavy gauge decoiler by the end of the current year which will serve the growing markets in Europe for high ...
Tags: Tata Steel, Heavy Gauge Decoiler
Steel is still expected to remain the main material of choice for carmakers, as shifting to aluminium is a costly process and Asian markets are unlikely to be open to taking on these costs, according to a report published Friday by ...
Tags: Aluminium, Auto-Making, Steel
Swedish specialty steel producer SSAB has posted its financial results for the first quarter of the current year, reporting a net loss of SEK 49 million ($7.5 million) for the given quarter, compared to a net loss of SEK 137 million in the ...
Tags: specialty steel, steel market
Finland-based steelmaker Ruukki has issued its financial results for the first quarter of the current year, stating that it expects demand for steel to pick up slightly in 2014. Nevertheless, demand growth will continue to be limited by ...
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In February of the current year, steel product orders, including specialty steels, booked by domestic sectors in Japan amounted to 4.72 million metric tons, up 1.32 percent compared to February 2013, according to the data released by the ...
Tags: Steel Product, specialty steels
American automaker General Motors is set to introduce its new 2015 Silverado High Country HD pickup truck. Silverado High Country HD, Chevrolet's first premium heavy-duty pickup, combines the refinement and convenience of the Silverado ...
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Indian steelmaker Tata Steel has announced that New Zealand-based Steel & Tube Holdings Ltd has agreed to acquire Tata Steel International Australasia Ltd (TSIAL) on April 14, 2014 for a cash consideration of NZ$27.5 million (23,8 million ...
Tags: Steel, Tube, Steel Subsidiary
Finland-based steelmaker Ruukki has announced that it has added a new grade to its Optim portfolio of high-strength structural steels. The new Optim 700 QL1 is a structural steel with improved impact strength properties. According to ...
Tags: Structural Steel, Ruukki, steelmaker
The US Department of Commerce (DOC) announced Tuesday the preliminary results of its administrative review of stainless steel bar from India. The review originally covered three Indian producers/exporters--Ambica Steels Limited; Mukand, ...
Tags: Stainless Bar, dumping duty, DOC