According to a report from the Lake Carriers’ Association, shipments of iron ore on the Great Lakes totaled 58.3 million tons in 2013, a decrease of 5.3 percent from 2012. While the trade had been slightly behind 2012’s pace ...
Tags: Iron Ore Shipments, Mineral
South Africa's primary carbon and alloy steel product imports (excluding semi-finished steel, stainless steel and drawn wire) amounted to 123,141 mt in November last year, increasing by 1.1 percent compared to October and up 41.8 percent ...
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According to the statistics released by France's National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE), in November last year producer prices in French industry increased by 0.5 percent month on month, following a month-on-month ...
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According to first estimates released by Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities, in November last year the seasonally-adjusted production of the construction sector in the European Union member states (EU-28) decreased ...
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Russia-based steel pipe producer ChTPZ Group has stated that in the first half of the current year it will supply 45,000 mt of large diameter (LD) pipes to the Russian oil pipeline monopoly Transneft for the construction of the main ...
In 2013, the crude steel production of ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih, Ukrainian subsidiary of global steel giant ArcelorMittal, totaled 6.4301 million mt, up 0.17 percent year on year, as announced by the company. In addition, in the given ...
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A new approach to harvesting solar energy, developed by MIT researchers, could improve efficiency by using sunlight to heat a high-temperature material whose infrared radiation would then be collected by a conventional photovoltaic cell. ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, Sunlight
The chemical spill that contaminated water for hundreds of thousands of West Virginians is just the latest and most high-profile case of coal polluting the nation's waters. An Associated Press analysis of federal environmental data found ...
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Republic Steel Executive Vice President-Commercial Ted Thielens said this week that the company’s new EAF is almost ready to resume production after weeks of repairs necessitated by a fire on November 30 that destroyed control ...
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For the first time in its production history, Altos Hornos de Mexico (AHMSA) exceeded the annual level of 4 million tons of crude steel and finished 2013 with a total volume of 4.155 million tons--7 percent more than the 2012 total. The ...
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According to a report from the Metals Service Center Institute (MSCI), monthly shipments of steel in both the US and Canada ended 2013 with gains over December of 2012. In the US, December shipments lifted 2013 annual shipments to levels ...
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On January 16, Liaoning Province-based Chinese steelmaker Anshan Iron and Steel Group Co. (Ansteel) announced that it returned to profit in 2013 following the strong net loss it had recorded in 2012. Accordingly, the group has posted a net ...
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The latest figures issued by the European Automobile Manufacturers' Association (ACEA) show that in 2013 new car registrations totaled 11,850,905 units in the European Union (EU), with a decrease of 1.7 percent from 2012. In December last ...
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Annual inflation in the euro area was 0.8 percent in December last year, down from 0.9 percent recorded in November, according to a report released by Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities. In December 2012, the ...
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Australia-based miner Fortescue Minerals Limited has announced that it has signed a long-term natural gas transportation agreement to reduce costs at its Pilbara iron ore operations. Gas will be delivered via the existing Dampier to Bunbury ...
Tags: Natural Gas, Mineral