Global crude steel production in August this year increased by 1.4 percent year on year to 134.96 million metric tons, while a 1.36 percent decline was observed on month-on-month basis, according to the World Steel Association (worldsteel). ...
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According to the report released by Argentina's steel chamber, in August this year the country's crude steel production was down two percent month on month and decreased by 2.4 percent year on year, amounting to 467,400 metric tons. ...
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According to the data released by the Japan Ship Exporters' Association (JSEA), Japanese new ship export orders in August this year decreased by 21 percent on tonnage basis compared to July and by 31.2 percent year on year, amounting to ten ...
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Global pipe and tube producer Tenaris S.A. has announced that it officially opened its new oil country tubular goods (OCTG) threading mill in Ecuador on Tuesday, September 16. Since the start of the project in late 2012, Tenaris has ...
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The Port of Longview, Washington announced that its second Liebherr mobile harbor crane went to work exporting scrap metal for the first time in Port history. PNW Metal Recycling, LLC, is exporting scrap bound for foreign steel markets. ...
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The Brazilian cotton trade has turned cautious in the just concluded fortnight, mainly from price volatility in Brazil, rise in global prices in early September and the dollar valuation against Brazilian currency real, which has also led to ...
In August this year, Turkey's crude steel output increased by 13.9 percent year on year and was up by 2.8 percent compared to July to 2.9 million metric tons, according to the Turkish Iron and Steel Producers' Association (TCUD). In the ...
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According to the Brazil Steel Institute (IABr), Brazilian crude steel production in the January-August period this year amounted to 22.62 million metric tons, one percent lower year on year. In the same period, Brazilian rolled steel output ...
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ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih, Ukrainian subsidiary of global steel giant ArcelorMittal, has announced that it is about to invest more than $70 million in the construction of a pulverized coal injection (PCI) system at its blast furnace No. 9, ...
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Dr. Todd Werpy, Archer Daniels Midland Company’s senior vice president, Research and Development, has received the 2014 American Chemical Society Affordable Green Chemistry award for his work in producing bio-based propylene glycol ...
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According to the American Iron and Steel Institute, in the week ending September 13, 2014, US domestic raw steel production was 1,882,000 net tons while the capability utilization rate was 78.2 percent. Production was 1,875,000 net tons in ...
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Taiwan's largest steelmaker China Steel Corporation (CSC) has announced that in August this year its carbon steel sales volume amounted to 828,661 metric tons, rising 3.35 percent compared to July and accounting for 64 percent of domestic ...
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Mexican steelmaker Industrias CH (ICH) expects to increase its steel production in line with new energy reform and growth in the automotive sector. Sergio González, chief financial officer of the company, said that the installed ...
In August this year, Swedish crude steel production amounted to 306,400 metric tons, increasing by 31.1 percent compared to July, but down 3.6 percent year on year, according to the latest data released by the Swedish Steel Producers' ...
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), along with the American Trucking Associations, Kimberly Clark and the entire trucking industry, is taking this week to honor the 3.1 million professional truck drivers that deliver ...
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