Transactions between US steel mills and ferrous scrap dealers remained in line Wednesday -- the tail end of the May buying period -- with price levels seen earlier in the period. Shredded scrap sales remaining $15/lt below April ...
Tags: Steel Mills, Scrap
The prices of L8 and L10 steelmaking pig iron in northern China's Hebei province traded at Yuan 2,470-2,480 ($401-403)/mt on Tuesday, up from Yuan 2,420-2,470/mt on April 1, both inclusive of 17% VAT. The slight rise in prices was ...
Tags: Pig Iron, Steelmakers
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced it is providing more than $60,000 in technical assistance to Lafayette Wetlands Partnership, Friends of Norfolk’s Environment, and the City of Norfolk to explore green options ...
Tags: EPA Support, Green Techniques, certification
Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is adding seven hazardous waste sites that pose risks to people's health and the environment to the National Priorities List (NPL) of Superfund sites. EPA is also proposing to add another ...
Tags: EPA, Certification, Service
Turkey-based steel producer Karabük Demir Celik (Kardemir) has announced that it has signed a credit facility with Germany's KfW IPEX Bank to finance the foreign expenses regarding its special bar quality (SBQ) rolling mill investment. ...
Tags: steel producer, rolling mill
Brazil-based steel producer Gerdau SA has reported its financial results for the first quarter this year, posting a net profit of R$440 million ($197.3 million), rising from R$160 million in the corresponding quarter of 2013, mainly ...
Tags: steel producer, iron ore
Sappi Fine Paper Europe has expanded its weight range in its Algro Sol portfolio of release liners following the successful €60m transformation of Alfeld Mill’s PM2 in Germany. The development of the effective lightweight ...
Tags: Sappi, New Markets, Broader Weight Range
The estimated production margin for a typical US Midwest dry-mill ethanol plant for the week ended Friday lowered by 15.2 cents, or 14.01%, to an eight-week low of 93.34 cents/gal, a review of US Department of Agriculture and Platts data ...
Tags: Ethanol, dry-mill ethanol
India-based ShriVallabh Pittie (SVP) Group is setting up a US$ 550 million spinning mill in Kombolcha town, located in the Debub Wollo Zone of Ethiopia’s Amhara Region, Ethiopian News Agency reported. The textile mill, to come up ...
Tags: Spinning Mill, textile mill
Since the beginning of April when the Chinese government announced a lower starting auction price, the pace of sales from China’s reserve increased and the Type 328 China Cotton Index (a daily index of prices for domestic cotton ...
Tags: Cotton, Cotton Prices
Local news outlets reported Tuesday that a fire broke out Monday night at AK Steel’s Middletown, Ohio mill. Authorities believe the fire started with oil in a storage tanker, but the cause is still under investigation. One employee ...
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Cold-rolled coil pricing increased in the US on Tuesday as buyers and sellers reported higher offers and transactions. "I have not heard of anyone quoting below $800/st for CRC and more have been between $810-820/st. Everything that I am ...
Tags: CRC Prices, cold-rolled
R.G. Barry Corporation, the parent of Dearfoams, signed a merger agreement pursuant to which Mill Road Capital, a private equity firm, will acquire all of the outstanding shares of R.G. Barry for $19.00 per share in cash, reflecting an ...
Tags: Sporting Goods, Recreation
For many, Made in the USA is a sign of product quality, economic investment and some may even venture to say patriotism, and when it comes to buying floors, consumers' standards and expectations remain the same. In an industry that, like ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration, floor, flooring
UAE-based steel producer Emirates Steel Industries (ESI) has announced that it has launched its new steel sheet pile product, becoming the only steel manufacturer in the Middle East to develop and sell sheet piles. Emirates Steel plans to ...
Tags: Emirates Steel, sheet piles