On February 3, Guangdong Province-based Chinese steelmaker Shaogang Songshan Co. Ltd issued its financial results for 2012. Accordingly, the company registered a net loss of RMB 1.952 billion ($311 million) in 2012, compared to a net loss ...
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As of February 1, inventory of the main finished steel products (plate, hot rolled coil (HRC), cold rolled coil (CRC), rebar and wire rod) in the major steel markets in China totaled 15.491 million mt, up 695,000 mt compared to the previous ...
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On February 3, Chongqing-based Chinese steelmaker Chongqing Iron and Steel Co. (Group) Ltd announced that its output of crude steel amounted to 5.2225 million mt in 2012, while its sales revenue for the year reached RMB 25.916 billion ...
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On February 4, Inner Mongolia-based Chinese steelmaker Baotou Iron and Steel Co. (Baogang Group) announced that in January of the current year its outputs of pig iron and crude steel amounted to 867,300 mt and 891,800 mt respectively. ...
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In December 2012, Japan's industrial production increased 2.5 percent from the previous month, showing a month-on-month increase after two months of downward movement, while a decrease of 7.8 percent was recorded compared to December of the ...
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In the fourth quarter of last year, the crude steel production of Russian steelmaker Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works (MMK) totaled 2.969 million mt, down 11.6 percent compared to the previous quarter. In addition, for the whole of 2012, ...
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Sichuan Province-based Chinese steelmaker Chengdu Iron and Steel, a subsidiary of Pangang Group, has announced its production and operating targets for 2013. Accordingly, Chengdu Steel expects to achieve an operating revenue of RMB 11.5 ...
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Liu Jianxun, general manager of Jiangxi Province-based steel producer Pingxiang Steel (Pinggang), has announced that the company’s sales revenue in 2012 amounted to RMB 38.3 billion ($6.14 billion), while its net loss for the year was ...
South Korean steelmaker Pohang Iron and Steel Co. (POSCO) has announced that in the fourth quarter of 2012 its net profit decreased by 45 percent to KRW 561 billion ($518 million), compared to the same quarter of the previous year. The ...
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As of January 25, inventory of the main finished steel products (plate, hot rolled coil (HRC), cold rolled coil (CRC), rebar and wire rod) in major steel markets in China totaled 14.796 million mt, up 450,000 mt compared to the previous ...
In 2012, China’s overall finished steel export volume amounted to 55.7321 million mt, up by 14.02 percent year on year, as stated by the China Iron and Steel Association (CISA). Three main product categories, including cold rolled ...
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Hebei Province-based Chinese steelmaker Shijiazhuang Iron and Steel Co., a subsidiary of Hebei Iron and Steel Group, has issued its output results for 2012. Accordingly, Wang Liping, general manager of Shijiazhuang Steel, stated that in ...
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South Africa's primary carbon and alloy steel product imports (excluding semi-finished steel, stainless steel and drawn wire) amounted to 86,840 mt in November 2012, increasing 10.6 percent compared to October last year and up 13.4 percent ...
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In the January-November period last year, Jilin Province-based Chinese steelmaker Tonggang Group, a subsidiary of Chinese steel giant Shougang Group, produced 4.2312 million mt of pig iron, 3.8242 million mt of crude steel, and 4.0152 ...
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According to its preliminary data, in 2012 Moldavian Metallurgical Works (MMZ), a steelmaker based in the Transnistrian region of Moldova, produced 316,682 mt of crude steel and 356,754 mt of finished steel products, down 1.2 percent and up ...