In May of the current year, steel product orders, including specialty steels, booked by domestic sectors in Japan amounted to 4.76 million metric tons, up 2.71 percent compared to May 2013, but down 2.6 percent compared to April, according ...
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Global crude steel production in May this year increased by 2.2 percent year on year to 141.18 million metric tons, while a 3.34 percent rise was observed on month-on-month basis, according to the World Steel Association (worldsteel). In ...
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In the first five months of this year, world pig iron production amounted to 493.64 million mt, rising by 1.22 percent compared to the same period of 2013, according to the preliminary data covering 38 countries accounting for approximately ...
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On June 20, the China Iron and Steel Association (CISA) announced that in May this year China's Ministry of Commerce (MOC) issued iron ore import licenses for a total of 99.6534 million mt, down 8.46 percent month on month, valued at ...
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According to the data released by the World Steel Association (worldsteel), global direct reduced iron (DRI) production in the 14 countries accounting for approximately 87 percent of total world DRI production in 2013 amounted to 5.08 ...
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According to the China Iron and Steel Association (CISA), in May this year the overall sales revenue of China's 80 large and medium-size steelmakers - all CISA members - totaled RMB 316.655 billion ($51.66 billion), down 0.53 percent month ...
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Alacero, the Latin American steel association, has reported that in the first four months of this year apparent finished steel use in Latin America and the Caribbean totaled 22.25 million mt, up one percent year on year. The highest ...
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In April of the current year, steel product orders, including specialty steels, booked by domestic sectors in Japan amounted to 4.89 million metric tons, up 4.09 percent compared to April 2013 and up 1.51 percent compared to March, ...
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In a report this week, the Latin American Steel Association (Alacero) outlined struggles to reduce the charges of unfair trade between countries that are trading partners. Rafael Rubio, director of Alacero, expressed concern over an ...
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In the January-April period of the current year, China's crude steel output amounted to 271.86 million mt, up 2.7 percent year on year, as announced by China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) on May 29. The growth rate in ...
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Steel demand in Latin America is expected to grow 3.5 percent this year, driven by infrastructure programs and new sectors such as energy and automotive. Rafael Rubio, general director of the Latin American Steel Association (Alacero) ...
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Alacero, the Latin American steel association, has reported that in the first quarter of this year apparent finished steel use in Latin America and the Caribbean totaled 16.4 million mt, up one percent year on year. The highest increases ...
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In the first four months of this year, world pig iron production amounted to 393.83 million mt, rising by 1.65 percent compared to the same period of 2013, according to the preliminary data covering 38 countries accounting for approximately ...
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According to the data released by the World Steel Association (worldsteel), global direct reduced iron (DRI) production in the 14 countries accounting for approximately 87 percent of total world DRI production in 2013 amounted to 4.84 ...
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Global crude steel production in April this year increased by 1.7 percent year on year to 136.63 million metric tons, while a 3.33 percent fall was observed on month-on-month basis, according to the World Steel Association (worldsteel). In ...
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