Specialty metal and chemical products firm 5N Plus Inc of Montreal, QuÉbec, Canada has appointed Bertrand Lessard as chief operating officer, effective 28 April. 5N Plus provides specialty purified metals such as bismuth, gallium, ...
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Yang Jiasheng, chairman of the Metallurgical Mines' Association of China (MMAC), stated at SteelHome's 10th Steel Development Strategy Conference held in Shanghai at the weekend that China's demand for iron ore has entered a period of ...
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BHP Billiton has lifted its production guidance for Western Australian iron ore to 217 million mt for the 12 months to June 30, up by 5 million mt from its earlier estimate, the Melbourne-based miner said Wednesday. The "relatively ...
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In March this year, Moldavian Metallurgical Works (MMZ), a steelmaker based in the Transnistrian region of Moldova, produced 31,903 mt of crude steel and 35,033 mt of rolled products, including 21,041 mt of reinforcing bars and 13,992 mt of ...
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Australian miner BHP Billiton has announced its production results for the third quarter and the first nine months ended March 31, 2014, lifting its iron ore production guidance for the financial year 2013-14 by five million mt to 217 ...
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In the first quarter of the current year, direct supplies of steel scrap by rail to Russian metallurgical companies and pipe plants totaled 2.14 million mt, down 2.8 percent year on year and constituting the lowest first quarter volume the ...
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China exported 6.76 million mt of finished steel in March this year, up 28.03 percent, while it exported 18.33 million mt of finished steel in the whole of the first quarter, rising by 27 percent, both year on year, according to data issued ...
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Johannesburg-listed Keaton Energy produced 2.19 million mt of thermal coal from its Vanggatfontein Colliery in the financial year ended March 31, up 45% on the year, according to its production update released Wednesday. It said all the ...
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March coal exports from Virginia's Hampton Roads region totaled 4.35 million st, up 1.4% from February but down 23.7% from the year-ago month, the Virginia Maritime Association said Monday. Neither the association nor the individual ...
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Russian pipe producing company United Metallurgical Company (OMK) has announced that its Russia-based Chusovoy Steel Works (ChSW) stopped producing steel through its open-hearth furnaces on March 31. The halt of the last open-hearth furnace ...
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In 2013, the net loss of Russian steelmaker Ashinskiy Metallurgical Works (Ashinskiy) increased by 10.5 times compared to 2012, rising to RUB 755.5 million ($21.4 million), according to Russian media sources. The reasons for the surge in ...
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Miner BHP Billiton expects India to lead future demand growth for coking coal, as Chinese imports steady while global competition from suppliers in Australia, Russia and North America intensifies. The world's biggest seaborne coking coal ...
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In the January-February period of the current year, China's crude steel output amounted to 130.8 million mt, up 1.7 percent year on year, as announced by China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC). The growth rate in question ...
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Global steelmaking and mining giant Evraz Group S.A. has stated that pre-commissioning has started at the construction site of the coal dust injection utility for the West-Siberian Metallurgical Plant of Evraz (EVRAZ ZSMK). The company ...
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Chinese steelmaker Chongqing Iron and Steel Co. (Chongqing Steel), a subsidiary of Chongqing Iron and Steel (Group) Co., has issued its financial results for 2013, posting an operating revenue of RMB 17.563 billion ($2.87 billion), down ...
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