China imported a record 86.83 million mt of iron ore in January this year, up 21.29 million mt year on year and up 13.45 million mt month on month, according to the Chinese customs authorities. Average daily iron ore imports in January ...
Tags: Iron Ore Imports, Mineral
Japan-based Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation (NSSMC) and Mitsui & Co., Ltd. (Mitsui) have announced that Robe River Iron Associates, the joint venture company formed by Australian miner Rio Tinto, Mitsui and NSSMC, will invest in ...
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Swiss-headquartered resources company Ferrexpo, whose main interests are in Ukrainian iron ore assets, has announced that in January this year its overall iron ore concentrate production from its own raw materials increased by 10.9 percent ...
In January this year, Kazakhstan produced 317,000 mt of crude steel, up 54.5 percent year on year, according to the State Statistics Committee of Kazakhstan. Production of flat steel in Kazakhstan in the given month increased by 35.9 ...
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On February 17, Hebei Province-based Chinese steelmaker Hebei Iron and Steel Group announced that its subsidiary Hebei Iron and Steel Group Mining Co. (Hebei Steel Mining) produced 694,600 mt of iron ore concentrate in January this year, ...
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Australian mining company BHP Billiton has announced its financial results for the half year ended December 31, 2013. According to its financial statement, BHP Billiton posted a net profit of US$8.1 billion for the first half of the ...
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According to the forecast of state enterprise Ukrainian Industrial External Expertize, a leading company in Ukraine in the sphere of marketing and expert estimations of foreign economic contracts, Ukraine may increase its iron ore raw ...
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Stronger-than-expected growth in China's foreign trade last month has surprised the market and prompted many analysts to look for further hints of underlying economic strength. China's foreign trade volume climbed 10.3 percent year on ...
Tags: China's Trade, trade surplus
In January of the current year, iron ore shipments from Australia's Port Hedland decreased by 4.20 percent compared to the previous month and were up 27.74 percent year on year, totaling 28.23 million metric tons. According to the ...
Tags: iron ore, Metallurgy, Mineral, Iron
Stockpiles of imported iron ore at 25 major Chinese ports dropped slightly during the previous two weeks, which included the weeklong Spring Festival holiday, new data showed Tuesday. At the end of the Jan. 28 to Feb. 10 period, ...
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Investors are second-guessing the underlying strength of the world’s two biggest economies as each faces homegrown challenges. China is still expected to maintain steady growth this year, albeit without the vim it once had. But its ...
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Shipments of iron ore on the Great Lakes totaled 2 million tons in January, a decrease of 37 percent compared to a year ago, according to a report Tuesday from the Lake Carriers' Association.? The decrease was entirely the result of the ...
Tags: Iron Ore, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, Steel
Iron ore demand intensity in China will fall further amid continuous drops in steel market prices and lower steel outputs, the China Iron and Steel Association (CISA) said in its monthly report published on its official website. Chinese ...
In January this year, China exported 6.77 million mt of finished steel, up 37.6 percent year on year and rising by 1.4 million mt compared with the previous month, as announced by China's General Administration of Customs on February 12. ...
Tags: Finished Steel, Steel, Metallurgy, Mineral
Russian steelmaker Severstal has stated that its subsidiary Karelsky Okatysh, a major iron ore production and processing plant in Russia, has launched production of new iron ore pellets with a higher iron ore content. Cherepovets Steel ...
Tags: Iron Ore, Steel, Metallurgy