In July this year, Ukraine's crude steel production is expected to increase by 2.9 percent compared to the expected June result to 2.52 million mt, according to the Ukrainian association of metal producers Metallurgprom. According to ...
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In 2013, the world's direct reduction iron (DRI) output increased by two million tons or 2.8 percent year on year to a record 75.2 million tons, even though two key producing countries, India and Venezuela, saw significant declines in ...
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Japanese spot import prices of high-carbon ferrochrome rose this week as Indian producers cut output amid a decline in domestic chrome ore feedstock supplies, market sources said Friday. Platts assessed the spot price of high-carbon lumpy ...
US shredded steel scrap availability tightened and prices inched up as the June mill procurement period came to a close, market sources said Friday. Mills reentering the market late in the week to acquire additional shredded material ...
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Warren Steel is asking Ohio regulators for an electricity rate discount the company says could allow it to attract "strategic partnerships" and reopen its Warren steelmaking plant that was shut in late March. Warren is the latest in a ...
China's Taiyuan Iron & Steel (Group) Co got the China Industrial Award at a ceremony, on May 17, in Beijing, the first time for the Shanxi company to win the prize. The group have followed a the concept of "Using innovation to win", for ...
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With a new government in power in India following last month's elections, Chinese iron ore importers are waiting to see if any policy changes will be forthcoming that could lead to a hike in their imports. India was China's third-largest ...
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US steel coil prices fell slightly Thursday, with buyers saying some mills are becoming increasingly hungry and willing to cut deals. One top-tier mill source said the bulk of his hot-rolled transactions were being done between ...
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Based on the Commerce Department's most recent Steel Import Monitoring and Analysis (SIMA) data, the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported Wednesday that steel import permit applications for the month of May total 3,950,000 net ...
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ThyssenKrupp's Companhia Siderurgica do Atlantico (CSA) has a new president, the company announced this week. Walter Medeiros, who comes from ThyssenKrupp, assumed office last Sunday. He's taking the position of Jorge Luiz Riberio, who ...
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According to the statistics released by the US International Trade Commission (US ITC), in April this year exports of iron and steel scrap from the US amounted to 1.34 million mt, increasing by 10.58 percent from March and by 36.71 percent ...
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The International Trade Commission (ITC) is investigating antidumping and countervailing duty claims made against companies exporting consumer tires from China to the United States. The ITC must reach a preliminary determination on the ...
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Brazil steel producer Companhia Siderurgica Nacional (CSN) posted a net revenue of 4.4 billion reais (US$1.95 billion) in the first quarter (Q1) of the year, 20 percent up year-over-year, the company said on Friday. Gross profit increased ...
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The Association of American Railroads (AAR) reported Thursday that US Class I railroads originated 110,164 carloads of crude oil in the first quarter of 2014, 1.4 percent more than in the fourth quarter of 2013 and, by 1,559 carloads, the ...
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General Motors (GM) has launched the new Chevrolet Aveo family car at the ongoing Auto Chongqing 2014 in China. Seven sedan and six hatchback variants with a choice of 1.4L and 1.6L engines are being offered at a price of between RMB ...
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