According to the data provided by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK), in September this year Turkey's slab imports amounted to 198,685 mt, increasing by 36.17 percent month on month and up 84.19 percent year on year. The total value ...
According to the latest data released by the Swedish Steel Producers' Association (Jernkontoret), in October this year Swedish crude steel production amounted to 402,600 metric tons, increasing by 12.55 percent year on year and up 9.05 ...
During the afternoon session of the 1st Assofermet Day & SteelOrbis Conference, held on Friday, November 15 in Brescia in northern Italy, Burak Odaba, director of SteelOrbis, provided a snapshot of the current state of the Turkish steel ...
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The cleanup technique used by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) following the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico actually made the spilled oil more than 50 times more toxic than doing nothing, according to a ...
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It was considered the largest oil-related natural disaster in the history of the world, so it only follows that the fine would be historic too. Gargantuan oil company BP has agreed to pay the largest criminal penalty in U.S. history for ...
The true cost of fossil fuel reaches far beyond what is paid at the gas pump -- the expense of waging war to protect oil interests, governmental corruption, global warming and environmental destruction all are part of the equation. And ...
South Korea's fourth-largest refiner, Hyundai Oilbank, said Monday it produced 90.76 million barrels, or 333,677 b/d, of refined oil products over the first nine months of this year, down 9.7% from 100.48 million barrels a year earlier. ...
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On November 18, the China Iron and Steel Association (CISA) announced that in early November (Nov. 1-10) this year the average aggregate daily crude steel output of large and medium-sized steel enterprises in China totaled 1.763 million mt, ...
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China's top economic planner on Thursday announced a slash in the per-tonne retail prices of gasoline by 160 yuan ($26.09) and diesel by 155 yuan, starting from Friday. The adjustment will lower the benchmark retail prices of gasoline by ...
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China has reduced the retail prices of gasoline and diesel effective midnight Friday by Yuan 160/mt ($26.09) and Yuan 155/mt, respectively, the National Development and Reform Commission said Thursday. At the pump, the resulting ...
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The global oil market is currently well supplied but growing demand pressures and ongoing disruptions in some OPEC producing countries could soon reverse a recent spate of softer oil prices, the International Energy Agency said Thursday. ...
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It is reported that after a failed expansion plan, Japan's Itochu Corp., has blueprinted to keep its shares in a Brazilian iron-ore venture with Cia Siderurgica Nacional SA (CSN), the largest fully integrated steel producer in Brazil and ...
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According to data released by the Stainless Steel Council of China Special Steel Enterprises Association (SSC), the country’s crude stainless steel production totaled 13.66 million tons in January-September, rising by 19.8% year on ...
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Companhia Siderurgica Nacional (CSN), Brazil-based ore mining company and steelmaker released its financial result for the third quarter of this year. CSN posted a net profit of BRL503 million for the third quarter of this year, jumping ...
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According to the Ukrainian association of metal producers Metallurgprom, in December this year Ukraine's crude steel production is expected to increase by 4.6 percent compared to October to 2.740 million mt. According to Metallurgprom's ...
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