South Africa's primary carbon and alloy steel product imports (excluding semi-finished steel, stainless steel and drawn wire) amounted to 123,141 mt in November last year, increasing by 1.1 percent compared to October and up 41.8 percent ...
Tags: Carbon Steel, Alloy Steel, Mineral
Hebei Province-based Chinese steelmaker Hebei Iron and Steel Group has announced that its subsidiary Wuyang Iron and Steel Co.(Wuyang Steel) has so far supplied 20,000 mt of steel plate for a viaduct project located in Xiongchu Avenue in ...
Tags: Wuyang Steel, Steel Plate
Chinese steelmaker Chongqing Iron and Steel Co. (Chongqing Steel), a subsidiary of Chongqing Iron and Steel (Group) Co., has renewed its strategic cooperation agreement with Sinotrans & CSC Shipbuilding Industry Co., extending cooperation ...
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On January 16, Liaoning Province-based Chinese steelmaker Anshan Iron and Steel Group Co. (Ansteel) announced that it returned to profit in 2013 following the strong net loss it had recorded in 2012. Accordingly, the group has posted a net ...
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According to the data released by the Japan Iron and Steel Association (JISF), steel product orders, including specialty steels, booked by domestic steel consuming sectors in Japan in November last year amounted to 7.59 million metric tons, ...
Jiangsu Province-based Chinese steelmaker Nanjing Iron and Steel Group Co. (Nanjing Steel) has completed the commissioning of its continuous casting project with the commissioning of its continuous casting line No. 3 on January 12, as ...
Tags: Nanjing Steel, continuous casting project, commissioning completed
The price of iron ore is predicted to drop this year as growth of China's steel production slows and the supply of raw materials from international mining giants increases, according to industry experts. An estimate from UBS AG earlier ...
Tags: Iron Ore, Raw Materials
India's Steel Ministry and Canada's Ministry of Natural Resources have signed a letter of intent for cooperation in the iron and steel industry, according to India's Press Information Bureau. Under the cooperation agreement, both ...
Tags: Steel Ministry, Ministry of Natural Resources, cooperation
E-commerce took off in the steel sector in 2013 as the ailing industry competes to cut costs, Dong Baoqing, an official at the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, said at a -forum in Shanghai on Sa-turday. ...
Tags: Steel Firms, Mineral
According to data released by the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI), the US’s crude steel output totaled 1.83 million short tons in the week ended on January 11th, down by 0.1% from the same time of a year earlier but rising by ...
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Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region-based Chinese steelmaker Liuzhou Iron and Steel (Group) Co. (Liuzhou Steel Group) announced on January 13 that in 2013 its pig iron, crude steel and finished steel outputs amounted to 10.33 million mt, 10.73 ...
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According to a report released by the UK's Office for National Statistics (ONS), in December last year the producer price index (PPI) for the UK manufacturing industry did not indicate any change compared to November, following a ...
Tags: Basic Metal, Mineral
According to the American Iron and Steel Institute, in the week ending January 11, 2014, US domestic raw steel production was 1,830,000 net tons while the capability utilization rate was 76.4 percent. Production was 1,832,000 net tons in ...
In the first 11 months of last year, Japan's galvanized sheet output amounted to 10.83 million mt, down 1.55 percent compared to same period of 2012. In November, the country's galvanized sheet output decreased by 4.10 percent compared to ...
Tags: Galvanized Sheet, Mineral
Mexican authorities announced last week that they will defend steelmaker exports from restrictions in the Colombian market. In a document prepared for the World Trade Organization (WTO), the Mexican Ministry of Economy (SE) argue that ...