South Africa's primary carbon and alloy steel product imports (excluding semi-finished steel, stainless steel and drawn wire) amounted to 55,207 mt in March this year, decreasing by 57.7 percent compared to February and down 39.5 percent ...
Tags: Carbon, Alloy Steel
In March of the current year, steel product orders, including specialty steels, booked by domestic sectors in Japan amounted to 4.81 million metric tons, up 0.42 percent compared to March 2013 and up 2.02 percent compared to February, ...
Tags: Steel Product, specialty steels
On May 9, the China Iron and Steel Association (CISA) announced that in late April (Apr. 21-30) this year the average aggregate daily crude steel output of large and medium-sized steel enterprises in China totaled 1.7959 million mt, up 2.66 ...
Tags: Crude Steel, Iron and Steel
In April this year, Germany's crude steel output decreased by 8.4 percent month on month to 3.71 million metric tons, rising by 3.9 percent compared to April 2013, according to the information provided by the German steel federation ...
Tags: Crude Steel, flat steel
According to the preliminary data released by Statistics South Africa (SSA), in March this year South Africa's manufacturing output rose by 0.7 percent compared to the same month of 2013. The main reasons for the increase included the 4.6 ...
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The prices of L8 and L10 steelmaking pig iron in northern China's Hebei province traded at Yuan 2,470-2,480 ($401-403)/mt on Tuesday, up from Yuan 2,420-2,470/mt on April 1, both inclusive of 17% VAT. The slight rise in prices was ...
Tags: Pig Iron, Steelmakers
In April this year, Moldavian Metallurgical Works (MMZ), a steelmaker based in the Transnistrian region of Moldova, produced 40,986 mt of crude steel and 37,921 mt of rolled steel products, including 16,484 mt of reinforcing bars and 21,437 ...
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According to the short-range outlook report issued by IREPAS, the global association of producers and exporters of long steel products, the global long steel products market is still characterized by uncertainty amid the adverse effects of ...
Tags: Long Steel Demand, steel products
Indian steelmaker Essar Steel has announced that it is merging its steel processing center and distribution unit with Essar Hypermart, its retail chain for steel, in order to cut costs, expand its business reach and deliver products to ...
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Russian exports of stainless steel products in the first quarter this year decreased by 49.8 percent year on year to 2,713 mt, according to Russia-based SpetsStal Association. In particular, in terms of stainless steel products, in the ...
Tags: Stainless Steel
Alacero, the Latin American steel association, has reported that in the first quarter of this year finished steel imports from China to Latin America rose by 95 percent year on year to an all-time quarterly record of 1.9 million m metric ...
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In March this year, Japan's iron and steel product exports amounted to 3.87 million metric tons, decreasing by five percent year on year and increasing by 20.3 percent compared to the previous month, while Japan's iron and steel product ...
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According to the Brazil Steel Institute (IABr), Brazilian crude steel production in the first quarter of the current year amounted to 8.32 million metric tons, 1.5 percent higher year on year. In the same period, Brazilian rolled steel ...
Tags: Steel Exports, steel import
In 2013, ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih, Ukrainian steelmaking subsidiary of global steel giant ArcelorMittal, exported 86 percent of its steel product output, compared to 86.4 percent in 2012, as announced by the company. Last year, the ...
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On April 28, the China Iron and Steel Association (CISA) announced that in mid-April (Apr. 11-20) this year the average aggregate daily crude steel output of large and medium-sized steel enterprises in China totaled 1.749 million mt, up 0.1 ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, Steel, Crude Steel, Iron