South Korean steelmaker Dongkuk Steel has announced that in 2013 it registered a net loss of KRW 120.9 billion ($114.9 million), narrowing down from KRW 235.1 billion in the previous year. In 2013, the company's sales revenues decreased ...
Tags: Steel, Metallurgy, Mineral, steel plate
In Sweden, industrial production decreased by 2.2 percent in February this year compared to January and rose by 1.7 percent year on year in working day-adjusted figures, according to Statistics Sweden (SCB). On the other hand, the ...
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Ukrainian steelmaker Zaporizhstal has announced its plans to invest UAH 12 million ($1.03 million) in 2014 in the improvement of safety at working places and for the provision of workers with improved personal protection equipment. The ...
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In the first two months of this year, Turkey's scrap imports moved upwards, after decreasing 12 percent in 2013 compared to 2012, according to the report released by the Turkish Iron and Steel Producers' Association (TCUD). In the given ...
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The US Census Bureau and the US Bureau of Economic Analysis, through the Department of Commerce, announced today that total February exports of $190.4 billion and imports of $232.7 billion resulted in a goods and services deficit of $42.3 ...
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According to local news reports, US Steel has announced it will be halting steelmaking operations at its Gary, Ind, mill because poor weather conditions in the Great Lakes region has delayed incoming shipments of iron ore. Although it's ...
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Baker Hughes reported that for the week ending April 4, 2014 the US rig count increased by nine to 1,818, following a six-rig increase the previous week.? The rig count is still up by 80 from 1,738 rigs during the same week a year ago.? The ...
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Global steel giant ArcelorMittal has announced that it will supply 160,000 mt of high performance steel from its plate mills in Burns Harbor, Coatesville and Conshohocken in the US to be used in the $3.9 billion "New NY Bridge" project. The ...
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Coal producers in Shanxi, China's biggest coal-producing province, incurred an overall loss of RMB 4.02 billion ($0.66 billion) in the January-February period of the current year, with half of the coal producers in the province recording ...
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In February this year, Turkey's stainless flat steel imports rose by 23.48 percent year on year and decreased by 13.62 percent compared to the previous month to 35,254 metric tons, following the 8.14 percent month-on-month decrease recorded ...
Tags: Stainless Flat Steel, Metallurgy, Mineral, Steel
According to a report released Thursday by Statistics Canada, Canada's merchandise exports grew 3.6 percent and imports were up 2.1 percent in February. As a result, Canada's trade balance with the world went from a deficit of $337 million ...
The Turkish Steel Exporters' Association (CIB) has announced that the safeguard investigations launched by Colombia in August 2013 regarding rebar, steel section and pipe imports from Turkey have been concluded in favor of Turkey. ...
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Schnitzer Steel Industries, Inc. reported Thursday adjusted earnings per share of $0.13 and earnings per share of $0.07 for its fiscal 2014 second quarter ended February 28, 2014. The Metals Recycling Business delivered a substantial ...
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Indian state-owned steelmaker Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) has announced that its finished steel sales increased by seven percent year-on-year to 12.1 million mt in financial year 2013-14 ending March 31. Growth in domestic sales ...
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Russian pipe producing company United Metallurgical Company (OMK) has announced that its Russia-based Chusovoy Steel Works (ChSW) stopped producing steel through its open-hearth furnaces on March 31. The halt of the last open-hearth furnace ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Steel, pipe