Japan-based Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation (NSSMC) and Mitsui & Co., Ltd. (Mitsui) have announced that Robe River Iron Associates, the joint venture company formed by Australian miner Rio Tinto, Mitsui and NSSMC, will invest in ...
Tags: Iron Ore Mine, Mineral
Mechel, one of the leading Russian mining and steel groups, has reported successful tests of its new coal export terminal at Port Posiet in Russia's Primorye region. Modernization of the port's facilities will enable the company to ...
Tags: Export Terminal, Mineral
In the fourth quarter of 2013, order bookings in the German machine tool industry fell by six percent year on year, according to the German Machine Tool Builders' Association (VDW). Given the dominance of the German industry in the ...
Tags: Machine Tool Industry, Mineral
According to the Turkish Statistics Institute (TUIK), Turkey's monthly industrial turnover index in December last year increased by 17.3 percent compared to the same month of the previous year following the 15.9 percent year-on-year ...
Tags: Basic Metals, Mineral
In December last year, Turkey's stainless flat steel imports rose by 66.1 percent year on year and increased by 12.63 percent compared to the previous month to 44,427 metric tons, following the 0.48 percent month-on-month decrease recorded ...
Tags: Stainless Flat Steel, Mineral
In January this year, production and sales of automotive vehicles in China amounted to 2.0517 million units and 2.1564 million units, up by 4.4 percent and six percent year on year respectively, while on month-on-month basis production of ...
Tags: Auto Output, Mineral
On February 13, the China Iron and Steel Association (CISA) announced that in late January (Jan. 21-31) this year the average aggregate daily crude steel output of large and medium-sized steel enterprises in China totaled 1.6594 million mt, ...
Tags: Crude Steel, Mineral
According to a report Thursday from the Lake Carriers’ Association, coal shipments on the US Great Lakes totaled 373,000 tons in January. While the total represents an increase of 62 percent compared to a year ago, January 2013 was ...
Tags: Coal Shipments, Mineral
According to the flash estimates released by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union, during the fourth quarter last year gross domestic product (GDP) increased by 0.3 percent in the euro area and by 0.4 percent in the EU-28, ...
In December last year, the price, calendar and seasonally adjusted industrial production in Germany decreased by 0.5 percent compared to the previous month, according to the preliminary data released by the German Federal Ministry for ...
Tags: Construction Industry, Mineral
Swiss-headquartered resources company Ferrexpo, whose main interests are in Ukrainian iron ore assets, has announced that in January this year its overall iron ore concentrate production from its own raw materials increased by 10.9 percent ...
In January this year, Turkey's crude steel output decreased by 0.9 percent year on year and declined by 2.4 percent month on month to 2.83 million metric tons, according to the Turkish Iron and Steel Producers' Association (TCUD). Turkish ...
Tags: Crude Steel Output, Mineral
German plantmaker SMS Siemag has announced that it will modernize coiler No. 3 at the hot strip mill No. 2 of Chinese steelmaker Wuhan Iron & Steel (WISCO) to enable the coiler to wind hot rolled strip with a higher strength and in greater ...
Tags: High-Strength Steel, Mineral
In January this year, Kazakhstan produced 317,000 mt of crude steel, up 54.5 percent year on year, according to the State Statistics Committee of Kazakhstan. Production of flat steel in Kazakhstan in the given month increased by 35.9 ...
Tags: Crude Steel, Mineral
Turkish integrated long steel producer Kardemir Karabuk Demir Celik Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S. (Kardemir) has announced its financial results for 2013, posting a net profit of TRY 100 million ($45.7 million), falling by 48.5 percent compared to ...
Tags: integrated long steel, Mineral