The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported Friday that for the month of March 2014, US steel mills shipped 8,337,578 net tons, a 9.4 percent increase from the 7,618,380 net tons shipped in the previous month, February 2014, and a ...
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China's steel production has plateaued and mills are focusing on complying with tougher anti-pollution measures instead of expanding capacity, a senior official at the China Iron and Steel Association (CISA) said on Wednesday. The fight ...
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According to the preliminary data released by Statistics South Africa (SSA), in March this year South Africa's manufacturing output rose by 0.7 percent compared to the same month of 2013. The main reasons for the increase included the 4.6 ...
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According to the statistics released by the US International Trade Commission (US ITC), in March this year exports of iron and steel scrap from the US amounted to 1.33 million mt, increasing by 11.12 percent from February and down 32.19 ...
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China exported 7.54 million mt of finished steel in April this year, up 11.5 percent month on month, while it exported 25.87 million mt of finished steel in the January-April period of the year, rising by 29.5 percent year on year, ...
Tags: Finished Steel, coke
Listed Japanese companies as a whole are expected to maintain profit growth in the fiscal year ending March 2015, but management, concerned by the recent sales tax hike and emerging-market slowdowns, have issued conservative earnings ...
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Sao Paulo, Brazil-based iron ore mining company and flat rolled steel producer Companhia Siderurgica Nacional (CSN) has announced its financial results for the first quarter this year. In the first quarter, CSN registered a net profit of ...
Metalloinvest, a leading global iron ore and hot briquetted iron (HBI) producer based in Russia, has announced that Fitch Ratings has upgraded the company's long-term Issuer Default Rating (IDR) from ‘BB-' to ‘BB' with a stable ...
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The Singapore Exchange (SGX) will launch two coking coal swaps contracts in July settled against prices produced by The Steel Index (TSI), to capitalize on growing interest in steel raw materials derivatives, the exchange said in a ...
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The prices of L8 and L10 steelmaking pig iron in northern China's Hebei province traded at Yuan 2,470-2,480 ($401-403)/mt on Tuesday, up from Yuan 2,420-2,470/mt on April 1, both inclusive of 17% VAT. The slight rise in prices was ...
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Monterrey, Mexico-based PMP Grupo-Planeación, in partnership with India-based Preet Group-PG, announced plans this week to expand into the US and Canada, building mini-mills to process steel scrap. The announcement Monday at the ...
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As of May 6, inventory of iron ore at 33 major Chinese ports amounted to 108.95 million mt, up 640,000 mt or 0.59 percent compared to the inventory level recorded on April 28, as announced by China's Xinhua News Agency. As of the same ...
Tags: Iron Ore, Chinese Ports
According to the short-range outlook report issued by IREPAS, the global association of producers and exporters of long steel products, the global long steel products market is still characterized by uncertainty amid the adverse effects of ...
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Brazil-based steel producer Gerdau SA has reported its financial results for the first quarter this year, posting a net profit of R$440 million ($197.3 million), rising from R$160 million in the corresponding quarter of 2013, mainly ...
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Austria-based plantmaker Siemens Metals Technologies has announced that, together with Japanese Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), they are forming a globally operating complete provider for plants, products and services for the iron, steel ...