According to the American Iron and Steel Institute, in the week ending May 17 2014, US domestic raw steel production was 1,838,000 net tons while the capability utilization rate was 76.4 percent. Production was 1,833,000 net tons in the ...
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In April this year, Italian crude steel output decreased by four percent year on year to 2.031 million metric tons, while in the first four months of the year the output figure amounted to 8.652 million mt, up 5.8 percent year on year, ...
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JSW Steel, one of the largest Indian steelmakers, produced 990,000 mt of crude steel in April this year, rising 14 percent compared to the same month of the previous year. According to the company's statement, in April JSW Steel produced ...
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Ukrainian miner and steel producer Metinvest Group has announced that the situation in the city of Mariupol has been fully stabilized, with public order having been restored and government buildings liberated. The city is located in ...
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In its financial results according to US GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles) for the first quarter of 2014, Russian steelmaker NLMK Group's net profit increased by 359 percent compared to the first quarter of the previous year ...
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Finland-based stainless steel producer Outokumpu has announced that it has completed the €100 million investment project at its quarto plate mill in Degerfors, Sweden. The investment program entailed upgrades to the whole production ...
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According to the data released by metal trading enterprise Ukrainian Mining and Metallurgical Company (UGMK), in the January-March period this year Ukraine exported 5.590 million mt of steel products, down five percent year on year, worth a ...
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Kortrijk, Belgium-based Bekaert, one of the world's largest steel cord and wire manufacturers, has announced that in the first quarter of the current year it achieved consolidated sales of €782 million, falling 2.1 percent compared to ...
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Brazil's iron ore export volume amounted to 24.70 million mt in April this year, increasing by 0.49 percent compared to March and up 5.81 percent compared to the same month of 2013, according to the information released by the Brazilian ...
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On May 20, the China Iron and Steel Association (CISA) announced that in April this year China's Ministry of Commerce issued import licenses for a total of 108.8685 million mt of iron ore, down 3.87 percent month on month, valued at $11.892 ...
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India's Supreme Court has announced a partial mining ban affecting about half of the iron ore mines located in the Indian state of Odisha due to non-renewal of mining leases. The Supreme Court also said that several mines have been found to ...
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The US steel sheet market remains relatively steady, though a lack of buyer urgency may be eroding the bottom range of hot-rolled pricing, market sources said Monday. A top-tier mill source said import buying has picked up but domestic ...
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Domestic iron ore concentrate prices in north China's Hebei province have declined further by an average 5.7% or Yuan 55/dmt ($11) over the week, in response to both lower domestic steel prices as well as weakening imported iron ore prices, ...
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Some sellers of molybdenum oxide powder in Asia have lowered offers Friday, following falls during European trading hours Thursday, while others kept their offers at $14.70-14.80/lb CIF, market sources said. Platts assessed moly oxide at ...
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Spot Asian coking coal prices moved sideways Monday as ominous signals from the Chinese steel industry, nagging concerns about lower costs and abundant supplies hurt trading sentiment. Lower domestic prices continued to be used as a key ...
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