In the first 29 days of December this year, Turkey's steel export volume decreased by 6.8 percent year on year and by 4.8 percent month on month to 1.43 million metric tons, according to the Turkish Iron and Steel Producers' Association ...
Tags: Steel Exports, Mineral
According to the American Iron and Steel Institute, in the week ending December 28, 2013, US domestic raw steel production was 1,773,000 net tons while the capability utilization rate was 74.0 percent. Production was 1,785,000 net tons in ...
Major Pilbara iron ore ports including Dampier, Cape Lambert and Port Hedland had to shut down due to cyclone Christine making landfall in the north of Western Australia on Monday, December 30, according to Reuters. The ports evacuated ...
On December 30, Inner Mongolia-based Chinese steelmaker Baotou Iron and Steel Co. (Baogang) announced that it plans to issue 8.255 billion shares to its controlling shareholder Baogang Group and six other companies. The total of RMB 29.8 ...
As of December 31, inventory of iron ore at 25 major Chinese ports amounted to 84.197 million mt, indicating a decrease of 1.206 million mt or 1.41 percent week on week, as announced by China's Xinhua News Agency. As of the same date, the ...
Tags: Iron Ore, Chinese Ports
Jiangsu Province-based Chinese steelmaker Nanjing Iron and Steel Group Co. (Nanjing Steel) has performed a successful hot run test on its steel bar production project, as announced on December 30 by Beijing-based state-owned China ...
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Shandong Province-based Chinese steelmaker Shandong Iron and Steel Co. (Shandong Steel) announced on December 30 that it has sold an 80 percent stake in Jinan Steel International Trade Co. and a 100 percent stake in Shandong Laiwu Steel ...
Tags: Shangdong Steel, Subsidiaries
Based on preliminary US Census Bureau data, the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported Monday that the US imported a total of 2,584,000 net tons (nt) of steel in November, including 1,906,000 nt of finished steel (down 16.7 ...
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China's largest steel base, Hebei province, will cut 67.26 million metric tons of capacity by 2017 without putting too much emphasis on local growth in gross domestic product in order to create a sustainable development of the industry and ...
Tags: Steel Capacity, Pollution
Vale S.A. (Vale) informs that it is declaring force majeure (FM) on a number of its iron ore sales contracts as a result of the weather conditions in the Southeast of Brazil. Heavy rainfalls since December in the Southeast of Brazil, ...
Tags: Vale, force majeure, iron ore sales
On Dec. 19th, Zhanjiang Iron & Steel sintering project was started in full scale. Persons in charge from Zhanjiang Iron & Steel, erection company, supervision company and design institute, etc. Participated in the commencement ceremony. ...
Tags: steel, metallurgy
How to attach label to Baosteel color-coated products as greener and more environment-friendly? How to add value to Baosteel color-coated products beyond what their prices could offer? How to maintain advantage of Baosteel with high-end ...
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Nucor Corporation (NYSE: NUE) announced the successful start-up of production at our direct reduced iron (DRI) facility in St. James Parish, Louisiana. Production of DRI began on Tuesday, December 24, and has continued at planned ramp-up ...
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According to statistics released by the Japan Iron & Steel Federation (JISF), the country’s output of galvanized steel sheets totaled 10.07 million tons in the January-October period, rising by 2.23% year on year. In October, the ...
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According to statistics released by the Japan Iron & Steel Federation (JISF), the country’s shipments of hot rolled (HR) plates and sheets totaled 846,779 tons in October, down by 1.97% from a month ago and decreasing by 8.92% year on ...
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