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, Ukrainian steelmaker Zaporizhstal's finished steel product output increased by 2.2 percent year on year to 276,500 mt, while its crude steel production amounted to 323,000 mt, up 0.8 percent year on year, according to ...
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Brazil-based steel producer Gerdau SA has reported its financial results for the first quarter this year, posting a net profit of R$440 million ($197.3 million), rising from R$160 million in the corresponding quarter of 2013, mainly ...
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In the first four months of the current year, Ukraine registered an 8.5 percent decrease in its finished steel product output to 8.983 million mt, an 8.8 percent decrease in its crude steel output to 10.087 million mt, and a 2.7 percent ...
Tags: Crude Steel, Metallurgy, Mineral
On May 6, China's Ministry of Commerce (MOC) announced that during last week (April 28-May 4) the overall average finished steel price in China declined by 0.1 percent compared to the previous week. In the given week, the average prices ...
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India's state-owned steelmaker Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) has announced that it registered a growth of 14 percent in finished steel product sales in April, amounting to 810,000 mt. In the given month, the company's finished ...
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In April this year, the purchasing managers index (PMI) for the Chinese steel sector stood at 52.6 percent, surging by 8.4 percentage points as compared to March and exceeding the 50 percent threshold for the first time since September ...
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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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Russian steel giant Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works (MMK) has announced that its Turkey-based subsidiary MMK Metalurji's finished steel output decreased by 16 percent year on year to 149,000 mt in the first quarter this year. In the given ...
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Shanghai-based Chinese steelmaker Baoshan Iron and Steel Co. Ltd (Baosteel) has issued its financial report for the first quarter of the current year, announcing an operating revenue of RMB 46.748 billion ($7.63 billion), up 0.85 percent, ...
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In March this year, Japan's industrial production increased by 0.3 percent from February and rose by seven percent from March 2013, according to the preliminary indices of the Industrial Production report published by Japan's Ministry of ...
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In the first quarter this year, Turkey's finished steel output increased by 2.9 percent to 8.74 million metric tons, despite the 0.5 percent decrease in the country's crude steel output in the given period to 8.43 million metric tons, both ...
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Swedish specialty steel producer SSAB has posted its financial results for the first quarter of the current year, reporting a net loss of SEK 49 million ($7.5 million) for the given quarter, compared to a net loss of SEK 137 million in the ...
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In the first quarter of the current year, China's production of pig iron, crude steel and finished steel amounted to 179.71 million mt, 202.70 million mt and 261.41 million mt, respectively, up 0.14 percent, 2.37 percent and 5.3 percent ...
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Liaoning Province-based Chinese steelmaker Anshan Iron and Steel Co. (Ansteel) has announced in its final financial report for the first quarter this year that it achieved an operating revenue of RMB 18.399 billion ($3 billion) in the given ...
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