BlueScope today announced plans to expand its Taharoa, New Zealand, iron sands export operations through the introduction of a third shipping vessel in FY2016. BlueScope will charter a purpose built 175,000 tonne slurry loading vessel and ...
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Does it really cost more to stick to a healthy diet? The answer is yes, but not as much as many people think, according to a new study. The research review combined the results of 27 studies from 10 different countries that compared the ...
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China will encourage Chinese steel enterprises suffering from overcapacity to transfer their businesses to overseas markets where the steel market is still very big, a top official was quoted in a statement published on the website of the ...
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In order to sustain profits, the Indian steel companies such as JSW Steel, Essar Steel, and Mukand Steel plan to increase price by RS 1,500/ton in January, 2014. It’s learned that the price rise is driven by higher costs of iron ore ...
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Hebei province-based Chinese steelmaker Hebei Iron and Steel Group Co. (HBIS) announced on December 25 that in 2013, its subsidiary Handan Iron and Steel Co. (Handan Steel) supplied over 60,000 mt of HDG products for China's leading solar ...
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In the first 10 months of this year, Japan's galvanized sheet output amounted to 10.07 million mt, up 2.23 percent compared to same period of 2012. In October, the country's galvanized sheet output decreased by 1.73 percent compared to ...
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In October this year, Japan's hot rolled plate and sheet shipments decreased by 1.97 percent compared to September and were down 8.92 percent on year-on-year basis, amounting to 846,779 metric tons. 76.50 percent of shipments were made to ...
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Turkish integrated long steel producer Kardemir Karabuk Demir Celik Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S. (Kardemir) has announced its planned sales volumes of rebar, billet and bloom, beams, and pig iron for the January-March of 2014. According to the ...
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Russkaya Stal (Russian Steel), a non-prot association of Russian domestic steelmakers, has reported that its main member enterprises produced 4.4 million metric tons of finished steel in November this year, down 4.5 percent from October and ...
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According to the latest data released by Statistics South Africa, in November this year the country's producer price index (PPI) for the basic iron and steel industry decreased by 1.2 percent compared to October and was up 12 percent ...
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A newer MRI method can detect low iron levels in the brains of children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The method could help doctors and parents make better informed decisions about medication, a new study says. ...
All three futures markets fell to contract lows this week, pressured by rising global supplies that will compete with U.S. exports. CBOT and KCBT March contracts each lost 15 cents this week to close at $6.14/bu and $6.57/bu, respectively. ...
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Hot dip galvanizing is one of the effective methods to improve the atmospheric corrosion resistance of steel because of its excellent coating performance, long life, as a protective layer is substantially not been widely used in the ...
Briquetting machines are used to recycle waste and reduce the waste material like paper, wood, plastic and more. The use of metal briquetting press is heavily in used to reducing the waste. These machines are designed for maximum use of ...
Tangshan Iron and Steel Group Co Ltd is leading the effort to go abroad as the country's steel and iron industry struggles with overcapacity, reports Du Juan from Tangshan, Hebei province Against the background of the overcapacity problem ...
Tags: Steel Capacity, Mineral