On April 11, Beijing-based Chinese steel producer Shougang Group announced that in the January-March quarter this year its subsidiary Shougang Cold Rolled Sheet Co., Ltd produced 515,700 mt of cold rolled products, up 39.34 percent compared ...
Tags: Finished Steel, steel, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
According to a report released by the South East Asia Iron and Steel Institute (SEAISI), steel consumption in the ASEAN countries has been growing at a compound annual growth rate of 10.7 percent between 2009 and 2012 and is expected to ...
Tags: ASEAN Steel, product capacity
According to the 2012 review of the steel market published by the European Steel Association (EUROFER), crude steel production in the European Union amounted to 168 million mt in the given year, down five percent compared to 2011. Similar ...
Tags: Steel Exports, Mineral
In the January-February period of the current year, Ukrainian exports of semi-finished steel products increased by 14.8 percent year on year to 1.854 million mt, according to the data issued by Ukraine's Cabinet of Ministers. ...
Tags: Semi-Finished Steel, Steel Exports, Mineral
In the first quarter this year, China exported 14.43 million mt of finished steel, up 18.8 percent year on year, while its finished steel imports totaled 3.23 million mt, down 5.3 percent on year-on-year basis, as announced by the Chinese ...
Tags: Finished Steel Exports, Mineral
On April 7, Hunan Province-based Chinese steelmaker Hunan Valin Iron and Steel Co. issued its final financial results for 2012, indicating a net loss of RMB 3.25 billion ($518 million), compared to a net profit of RMB 70.14 million in 2011. ...
Tags: Valin Steel, Net Loss, Mineral
On March 26, Qinghai Province-based Chinese steelmaker Xining Special Steel Co. reported that in 2012 its sales revenue totaled RMB 6.8713 billion ($1.1 billion), down 16.29 percent. while its net profit amounted to RMB 31.49 million ($5.06 ...
Tags: Special Steel, Steel
Speaking at the International Steel Trade Day organized by STSG-Eurometal in Milan on April 4, Juergen Nusser, managing director of Eurometal, presented a negative outlook for the European steel market in 2013. Demand fell by 9.5 ...
Tags: Steel Capacity, Nusser, Mineral
Turkish rebar producer Izmir Demir Çelik Sanayi A.Ş. (IDC) has announced its financial results for 2012, stating that in 2013 it expects demand to be positively affected by the start of the construction season in April, the ...
Tags: IDC Optimistic, Steel Demand
In March this year, the purchasing managers’ index (PMI) of China’s steel sector decreased to 44.6 percent, sharply down 14.3 percentage points compared to the previous month, as announced by the China Steel Logistics Committee ...
Tags: Chinese Steel Sector, PMI, Mineral
Hebei Province-based Chinese steelmaker Hebei Iron and Steel Group has announced that in the first three months of this year its subsidiary Shijiazhuang Iron and Steel Co. exported 82,000 mt of finished steel, up 16 percent year on year. ...
Tags: Shijiazhuang Steel, Finished Steel, Mineral
As of April 1, inventory of iron ore at 25 major Chinese ports amounted to 73.21 million mt, up 620,000 mt or 0.85 percent on week-on-week basis, as announced by China's Xinhua News Agency. As of April 1, the Xinhua-China Iron Ore Price ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, Iron Ore
On April 2, Chongqing Iron and Steel (Group) Co. announced that in March this year its subsidiary Chongqing-based Chinese steelmaker Chongqing Iron and Steel Co. (Chongqing Steel) produced 534,200 mt of finished steel, up 30.45 percent year ...
Xinjiang-based Chinese steelmaker Bayi Iron and Steel Co. (Bayi Steel), a subsidiary of Chinese steel giant Baosteel Group, has issued its final financial results for 2012, indicating a net profit of RMB 154 million ($25 million), down ...
Tags: Steel, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
On April 2, Inner Mongolia-based Chinese steelmaker Baotou Iron and Steel Co. (Baogang Group) announced that in the first quarter this year its outputs of pig iron, crude steel and finished steel amounted to 2.5694 million mt, 2.6372 ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, steel