Iron ore demand intensity in China will fall further amid continuous drops in steel market prices and lower steel outputs, the China Iron and Steel Association (CISA) said in its monthly report published on its official website. Chinese ...
Chinese import prices for ferrochrome and charge chrome were unchanged this week, as market activities slowed ahead of the Lunar New Year holidays starting end-January. The spot price for Indian-origin high carbon ferrochrome (58-60% Cr) ...
US sheet steel prices are turning lower, sources said Thursday, due to a combination of lackluster demand, import concerns, and a slight weakening of discipline at the mill level. Platts lowered its hot-rolled coil assessment from ...
Tags: Steel Sheet, Weak Demand
For the first time in its production history, Altos Hornos de Mexico (AHMSA) exceeded the annual level of 4 million tons of crude steel and finished 2013 with a total volume of 4.155 million tons--7 percent more than the 2012 total. The ...
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It’s reported that Chung Hung Steel, one of the major re-rollers in Taiwan may has positive sales profits in the fourth quarter and help the company to become slightly profitable in whole 2013, driven by better market demand in the ...
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The Brazilian steel mills including Usiminas, Companhia Siderurgica Nacional (CSN) and ArcelorMittal have planned to raise the prices for flat-rolled steel products by 6%~7.5% averagely. It’s said that Usiminas hiked prices by ...
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It’s reported that the Indian steelmaker, Steel authority of India Limited (SAIL) announced to hike prices for both flat and long steel products by US$8~US$11/for January sales and shipments as they see the improved market situation ...
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It's reported that Chung Hung Steel, one of the major carbon steelmakers in Taiwan announced to hike its export prices for hot rolled coils (HRC) and cold rolled coils (CRC) by US$10~US$20/ton for February deliveries in order to reflect ...
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Shougang, one of the major steel producers in China planned to remain its crude steel output unchanged at 33 million tons in 2014 due to uncertainties on steel prices. Last year, Shougang’s crude steel output was at 33 million tons ...
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China's Shougang Group plans to maintain its crude steel output at 33 million mt in 2014 amid uncertainties on steel prices, a company source said Friday. The state-owned steelmaker has six 2,500-cubic meter blast furnaces at Caofeidian, ...
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Yusco, the largest stainless steel mills in the Taiwan, has released the latest market prices for January, 2014 as the domestic prices of stainless steel 300 series hot rolled coil, cold rolled coil and 400 series increase by about ...
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Indian steel prices represent escalating trend in 2014 based on soaring prices by JSW Steel. A few days ago, JSW Steel decided to surge its steel prices by around US$16/ton for January, 2014. Afterwards, other large-size steel mills in ...
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Tangshan Iron and Steel Group Co Ltd is leading the effort to go abroad as the country's steel and iron industry struggles with overcapacity, reports Du Juan from Tangshan, Hebei province Against the background of the overcapacity problem ...
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Reportedly, Zhang Changfu, the vice chairman and secretary general of the China Iron & Steel Association (CISA) said that the Chinese steel industry’s margin reached at 0.48% in the January-November period due to increasing steel ...
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Chung Hung Steel, one of the major carbon steel flat product manufacturers in Taiwan is expected to raise its prices for next January, supported by higher demand from Southeast Asia, Europe and the US and Chinese steel mills’ ...
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