According to the preliminary data released by Statistics South Africa (SSA), in June this year South Africa's manufacturing output increased by 0.5 percent compared to the same month of 2013. The main reasons for the increase included the ...
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In July this year, the value of Taiwan's iron and steel exports increased by 10.5 percent year on year but decreased by 1.2 percent compared to June to $1.60 billion, according to the preliminary statistics issued by Taiwan's Ministry of ...
According to the data released by Ukrainian association of metal producers Metallurgprom, in June this year Ukraine exported $451.276 million worth of semi-finished steel products, while imports of these products totaled $5.332 million in ...
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A steelworker injured in an accident at a CMC Steel plant near Seguin, Texas died Wednesday according to authorities. Clifton Wright, 21, suffered burns to as much as 80 percent of his body after the incident Sunday, which occurred in the ...
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According to the statistics released by the French Ministry of Economy, Finance and Industry, in the first half of this year France's basic steel product and ferroalloy exports amounted to a value of €4.84 billion, increasing by 0.16 ...
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Japanese steelmaker Kobe Steel has announced that it has established a joint venture called Kobelco Angang Auto Steel with Chinese steelmaker Angang Steel, a subsidiary of Anshan Iron & Steel Group, to produce cold rolled high-strength ...
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Mechel, one of the leading Russian mining and steel groups, has announced that in the first half of this year its crude steel output decreased by 17 percent to 2.127 million mt, while its pig iron output declined by five percent to 1.9 ...
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The Mexican steel industry reported an increase of 9.5 percent in crude steel production in the first half of 2014 compared to the same period last year, which reached and production levels prior to the start of the crisis in the global ...
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According to its financial results according to US GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles) for the second quarter and the first half of 2014, Russian steelmaker NLMK registered a net profit of $158 million in the second quarter, ...
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International credit rating agency Fitch Ratings has affirmed Brazil steelmaker Gerdau’s rating at BBB-, with a stable perspective, it said recently. The rating is based on Gerdau’s “position as the leading ...
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Australian iron ore miner Fortescue Metals Group has announced that its iron ore shipments in the fourth quarter ending June 30 of the financial year 2013-14 totaled 38.7 million mt, increasing by 55 percent year on year and indicating a ...
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Brazil steelmaker Gerdau has welcomed the idea of a regional bank that could connect the BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, China) nations, an executive told reporters recently. According to Gerdau’s CEO, Jorge Gerdau Johanpeter, the ...
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UK-based London Mining, a global diversified miner targeting the steel sector, has announced its operational results for the second quarter of the current year. In the second quarter, London Mining produced 1.16 million wet mt of iron ore ...
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Ukrainian mining and steel producing group Metinvest has announced that Black Iron Inc. has received the fourth and final installment payment of $5 million from Metinvest as part of the previously announced closing schedule for the ...
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In June this year, China's crude steel output amounted to 69.29 million mt, up 4.5 percent year on year, with this growth rate 1.9 percentage points higher than that recorded in May. During the given month, the average daily crude steel ...
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