According to data released by China Customs, China’s exports of cold rolled coils (CRC) and sheets totaled 247,360 tons in November, decreasing by 14.5% from a month ago. In the January-November period, the country’s exports ...
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Recently, the Russian domestic prices of hot rolled (HR) plate and cold rolled (CR) sheet both showed a sign to drop. This is the first price down since the October of 2013. Currently, the CR sheet with the thickness of 1mm is quoted at ...
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According to the Turkish Iron and Steel Producers' Association (TCUD), Turkey is expected to produce 38 million tons of crude steel in 2014, up by 8% compared to the previous year. It is estimated that Turkey’s steel will total 19 ...
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Tisco, one of the major stainless steel mills in China, has announced that the company will keep its listed price flat in January, 2014 for domestic market. After Tisco's new price announcement, its new base price for 304 2B coil base ...
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Taiwan's Chung Hung Steel has announced to increase its January price for galvanized steel by NT$300/ton in the domestic market. However, the major coating steel mills, Yieh Phui Enterprise (YP) and Sysco have still decided to keep its ...
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It is reported that one of the biggest Chinese steelmakers Baotou Steel Union will raise US$4.9 billion private share placement in order to buy assets from its parent and replenish working capital. The Inner Mongolia-based company said in ...
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South Korea’s Posco announced that the company has started the operation with an annual capacity of 300,000 tons of cold rolled non-directional electric steel sheets plant in India's Maharashtra state. The plant has begun production ...
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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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It is reported that Japan's Trade Ministry said the 2014 season Japan finished steel demand is expected to 0.6% up slightly. If this prediction were able to accomplish, it means that Japan’s steel demand would drop slightly by 0.1% ...
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c, a reputable leading North American welded steel pipe manufacturer has expanded its business by acquiring Permalok Corp who engages in pre-installed precision joint connection system for tubular steel construction. This joint venture ...
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It’s reported that the steel giant Tata Steel has recently planned to initiate new market exploration by entering Indonesia region with downstream products for expansion within year of 2014~2015. Tata Steel has already utilized on ...
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According to statistics, Indonesia’s import values generated by steel products totaled US$603.5 million in November, decreasing by 13.64% from a month ago. Besides, the country’s import values of articles of steel totaled ...
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According to the data from China Customs data, China’s seamless pipe export volumes increased by 8% from previous month to 247,542 tons. However, the increasing rate is not enough for the rate of increased production. The amount is ...
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It’s reported that the Taiwanese steel pipe makers announced to raise prices by NT$300~NT$500/ton for January in order to reflect higher input costs. Chung Hung Steel, the major upstream raw material supplier to the Taiwanese steel ...
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According to data released by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK), the country’s exports of hot rolled coils (HRC) totaled 113,492 tons in November, jumping by 72% from 65,803 tons in October while remaining almost unchanged in ...
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