According to a company statement, in the January-April period of this year the long steel division of Russian steelmaker Novolipetsk Steel (NLMK) shipped around 446,100 mt of rebar, almost unchanged compared to the same period last year, ...
Tags: NLMK, Long Steel
It is learned that Brazil’s Companhia Siderurgica Nacional (CSN) planned to raise steel prices for domestic market again this year, after the steel has recorded sales record in the first quarter of this year. The company’s ...
Tags: CSN, Steel Prices
In its financial results according to US GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles) for the first quarter of 2013, Russian steelmaker NLMK Group's net profit decreased by 78 percent compared to the first quarter of the previous year to ...
In the week from May 13 to May 19, the scrap indexes declined further on the Orbis Steel Index. In the given week, the Turkish rebar index continued to decrease, while Black Sea HRC export index switched to sideways movement. The Turkish ...
Tags: Scrap, Orbis Steel Index, Metallurgy
Reminders that many of the products we use aren’t manufactured in the U.S. are everywhere. Just look at the tag inside your work gloves, or the nameplate on your woodworking hardware. There’s a good chance that both of them are ...
Tags: Woodworking Machines, Machinery
Brazil imported 8,989 tons of heavy plates in April, jumping from 795 tons in March but falling from 18,473 tons in the same month of 2012, according to data released by the national foreign trade ministry (MDIC). In April, Japan was the ...
Tags: heavy plates, Heavy Plate Imports
After a sharp fall of the ICE futures at the end of the previous calendar week the quotations of the CIF Bremen Index moved to a level last recognized two weeks before. One reason for the downturn of prices was obviously the release of ...
In the first quarter of this year, Japan's galvanized sheet output amounted to 2.96 million mt, rising 5.1 percent compared to the fourth quarter of 2012 but down 2.8 percent year on year. In March, the country's galvanized sheet output ...
Japanese ingredients company Ajinomoto has announced that its overseas sales company, Ajinomoto Afrique De L’ouest, has commenced full-scale operation of a repacking plant for umami seasoning AJI-NO-MOTO in the Yopougon industrial ...
Tags: Seasoning Production, Food
Africa's largest steel producer, ArcelorMittal South Africa, has announced its financial results for the first quarter of the current year, reporting a net loss of ZAR 275 million ($30.2 million) compared to a net profit of ZAR 279 million ...
Tags: Arcelormittal, Vanderbijlpark Fire
The stockmarket was awash with fresh optimism that the dollar may finally be on a sustained decline as it plays catch-up to the fall in interest rates and commodity prices, reversing a major earnings headwind several sectors have faced for ...
In April this year, South Korea's total car output decreased by 2.5 percent year on year and was up 5.7 percent compared to March this year, totaling 386,446 units, according to a report released by the Korean Ministry of Knowledge Economy ...
Tags: Car Output, Auto
In the first quarter of this year, Japan's cold rolled sheet and strip shipments decreased by 3.3 percent compared to the same quarter of the previous year and were up by 9.2 percent on quarter-on-quarter basis, according to the Japan Iron ...
Tags: CR Sheet, Strip Shipments
In March 2013, Chile rebar exports were 49,269 tons, annulus comparing fell 6.4%, down 6.6% year-on-year. The first quarter of this year, Chile's total rebar exports amounted to 161,367 tons, an increase of 3.4% compared with the fourth ...
Tags: rebar exports, rebar
Local shares rose slightly in mixed trading yesterday as a lower Australian dollar led investors to sell banks and other high-yield plays in order to buy shares of companies that stand to benefit from a sustained fall in the exchange rate. ...