Iron ore prices could continue to trade above $130/dry mt CFR North China in the first quarter of 2014, after higher-than-expected steel production in China supported them last year, Macquarie analysts said Thursday. "We believe Q1 2014 ...
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China's Shougang Group plans to maintain its crude steel output at 33 million mt in 2014 amid uncertainties on steel prices, a company source said Friday. The state-owned steelmaker has six 2,500-cubic meter blast furnaces at Caofeidian, ...
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It is reported that Korea iron and steel enterprises planned to expand capacity and growth in end-user industries such as the automobile industry and raw materials demand in 2014.Therefore, the country expected both domestic demand and ...
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Indian steel producer Essar Steel has announced that it has received an order for 13,000 mt of high quality steel plates for the Jazan oil refinery expansion project of Saudi Arabian state-owned oil and natural company Saudi Aramco. Essar ...
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On January 3, Chinese steelmaker Chongqing Iron and Steel (Group) Co. announced that in 2014 it plans to produce 6.42 million mt of pig iron, 6 million mt of crude steel, 5.65 million mt of finished steel and 3.065 million mt of coke. The ...
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New Millennium Iron Corp. ("NML" or the "Corporation") (TSX:NML)(OTCQX:NWLNF) today provided an update on the progress of the Taconite Project Feasibility Study ("TFS"), which is being jointly undertaken by Tata Steel Limited ("Tata Steel") ...
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Australia-based miner Fortescue Metals Group has announced that it has resumed surface mining operations following the fatal incident earlier this week at its Christmas Creek iron ore mine in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. The ...
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In the January-November period of last year, Turkey's finished steel output increased 6.5 percent year on year to 33.30 million metric tons, according to the report released by the Turkish Iron and Steel Producers' Association (TCUD). In ...
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Ukrainian iron ore and agglomerate producer Uzhniy GOK (UGOK) has announced that in December last year its iron ore concentrate production increased by 12.92 percent year on year to 996,000 mt. Meanwhile, its output of agglomerate in the ...
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Shanxi Province-based Chinese steelmaker Taiyuan Iron and Steel Co. (TISCO) has announced that it produced 9.98 million mt of crude steel in 2013, including 3.22 million mt of stainless steel. In addition, in the given year the company ...
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On January 6, Hubei Province-based Chinese steelmaker Wuhan Iron and Steel (Group) Corp. (WISCO) announced that in 2013 it produced an estimated 39.68 million mt of crude steel, while it achieved an estimated net profit of RMB 1.5 billion ...
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Liaoning Province-based Chinese steelmaker Anshan Iron and Steel Group Co. (Ansteel) has announced that its board of directors have approved a joint venture project for the construction of a high-strength galvanized automotive sheet ...
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In 2013, Ukraine registered an unchanged finished steel product output compared to 2012 at the level of 29.038 million mt, a one percent increase in its crude steel output to 32.684 million mt, and a two percent rise in its pig iron ...
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Sichuan Province-based Chinese state-owned steel producer Panzhihua Iron and Steel (Pangang Group) has announced that it has signed an agreement with Sichuan-based CSR Meishan Rolling Stock Co. regarding cooperation in the fields of ...
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A jewel box display case designed and made by Luna Bella will adorn the lobby of Building C at the World Market Center during the Jan. 26-30 Las Vegas Market. International Market Centers, which operates the market, commissioned Luna ...
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