Prices of imported iron ore in China have continued to decline since the start of the summer, while domestic crude steel output is still at high levels amid increases in steel exports, though domestic demand for steel products has remained ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, Iron Ore
Swiss-headquartered resources company Ferrexpo, whose main interests are in Ukrainian iron ore assets, has announced that in the second quarter of the current year its overall iron ore pellet production decreased by 5.3 percent year on year ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, Iron Ore, Steel
In the January-June period this year, Ukraine-based Azovstal, a subsidiary of Ukraine's largest vertically-integrated mining and steel group Metinvest, saw a 10.6 percent decrease in its crude steel production to 2.040 million mt and a 17.3 ...
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Brazil's national statistics agency (IBGE) has reported that in May this year industrial production in the largest Latin American country decreased by 0.6 percent compared to April, declining for the third consecutive month on ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, Metal Product
Russkaya Stal (Russian Steel), a non-prot association of Russian domestic steelmakers, has reported that its main member enterprises produced 4.77 million mt of finished steel in May this year, up 2.5 percent from April and also increasing ...
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South Korean steelmaker POSCO and China-based Chongqing Iron & Steel have signed a memorandum of understanding for a $3.3 billion investment in China, according to media reports. The agreement will cover POSCO's own steelmaking technology ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, Iron, Steel
India's state-owned miner National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC) has announced that in the first quarter ended June 30 of the financial year 2014-15 it produced 7.85 million mt of iron ore, registering an increase of 13.4 percent ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, Iron Ore
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
According to Statistics Canada, municipalities issued building permits worth $6.9 billion in May, up 13.8 percent from April. This followed a 2.2 percent rise in the previous month. The total value of permits has been on a slight upward ...
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The price of palladium, hitting $865 an ounce on Friday, made a notable record. It hasn't, as Reuters notes, traded so high since February 2001. What's more, it also surged by highs it hit back in 2011 when it traded in the mid-$800s an ...
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The Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI) announced on June 17 the withdrawal of FIT certifications for 144 solar plant facilities with capacities totaling 290MW. While there are 288 approved PV projects totaled at 1950MW ...
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The Canadian Paint and Coatings Association (CPCA) has announced that it is partnering with Smithers Rapra as a supporting association of this year's Pigment and Color Science Forum and TiO2 World Summit. This year the two long-standing ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration, Pigment, Coating
According to BQ's annual report, Turkmenistan has proven gas reserves is 17.5 trillion cubic meters, and it is the fourth largest in the world. The top three are Iran, Russia and Qatar. But the gas mining level of Turkmenistan lags far ...
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According to Statistics Canada, Canadian industries operated at 82.5 percent of their production capacity in the first quarter, up slightly from 82.2 percent in the fourth quarter of 2013. The mining and oil and gas extraction industries ...
Tags: Mining, transportation equipment
Baker Hughes reported that for the week ending June 13 the US rig count decreased by six to 1,854, following a six-rig decrease the week before.? The rig count is still up by 83 from 1,771 rigs during the same week a year ago.? The gas rig ...
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