Japan-based Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. (NSSMC), the world's second biggest steel producer, has denied media reports suggesting that the steelmaker will shut down the oldest of its three blast furnaces at its steel mill in Kimitsu ...
Ukrainian steelmaker Alchevsk Iron and Steel Works (Alchevsk), a subsidiary of Ukrainian steel producer Industrial Union of Donbass (ISD), has announced that in March this year its plans to increase its crude steel production by 23-24 ...
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It is learned that China’s biggest steelmaker Baosteel expects a moderate increase of steel demand in China this year. According to the company’s general manager He Wenbo, the steel sector faced difficulties last year but this ...
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After Tuesday's announcement that Brazilian steelmaker CSN was increasing flat steel prices by between 6 and 8 percent, Brazilian industry sources reported that the market is at a standstill considering prices will also be affected by an ...
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Hebei Province-based Chinese steelmaker Hebei Iron and Steel Group has announced that its Yanshan iron ore mine produced 263,700 mt of iron ore concentrate in the January-February period of the current year, exceeding the target for the ...
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The new Xi’an, China-based building materials production plant of Australia’s biggest steelmaker BlueScope Steel will commence production operations in July of the current year, as reported by local media sources in Xi’an. ...
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Hunan Province-based Chinese steelmaker Hunan Valin Iron and Steel Co. has announced that in 2013 its total planned fixed asset project investments amount to RMB 906.91 million($145 million). In particular, RMB 461 million ($73.5 million) ...
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Speaking in Shanghai on March 6, He Wenbo, deputy to China's National People's Congress and general manager of Shanghai-based Chinese steelmaker Baoshan Iron and Steel Co. Ltd (Baosteel), said that Baosteel's research and development ...
Hebei Province-based Chinese steelmaker Hebei Iron and Steel Group has announced that in January-February this year its Hebei-based subsidiary Handan Iron and Steel Co. (Hansteel) produced over 58,000 mt of line pipe steel. In particular, ...
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Hebei Province-based Chinese steelmaker Tangshan Iron and Steel Co. (Tanggang), a subsidiary of Hebei Iron and Steel Group (HBIS), has an agreement on cooperation in technology and innovation with Siemens VAI Metals Technologies Co., Ltd., ...
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Switzerland-based plantmaker SMS Concast has announced that it will supply a 150-ton electric arc furnace (EAF) and process equipment for the US-based steelmaker Republic Steel, to be installed at its Lorain, Ohio plant. The new electric ...
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Switzerland based SMS Concast has announced that it has received an order from the Indian steelmaker BMM Ispat for the delivery of a combined-caster. With the new caster, BMM Ispat will be able to produce 1.1 million mt of billets and ...
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Hunan Province-based Chinese steelmaker Valin Lianyuan Iron and Steel Co., a subsidiary of Hunan Valin Iron and Steel Group Co., heated its blast furnace No. 3 on March 4, with the blast furnace accordingly expected to start production ...
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According to a company statement, in 2012, Novolipetsk, Russian steelmaker NLMK's main production site in Lipetsk, completed 120 environmental projects as compared to 100 in 2011, with investments totaling approximately RUB 1.3 billion ...
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In February this year, Pangang Baima Mining, a subsidiary of Sichuan Province-based Chinese steelmaker Panzhihua Iron and Steel Group (Pangang Group), produced 363,099 mt of iron ore concentrate, equivalent to 104 percent of the target ...