According to the Metal Industry Indicators report released by the US Geological Survey (USGS), the US economic recovery is supporting the growth of activity in the primary metals industry with modest metals demand from the manufacturing and ...
According to statistics released by Japan’s Ministry of Finance, Japan produced 214,081 tons of hot rolled (HR) stainless steel products in last November, decreasing by 10.8% from a month ago while rising by 1.7% year on year. In ...
Taiyuan Iron & Steel Group (Tisco) said that the company’s production break 10 million tons in 2012. In 2012, Tisco aimed to develop high-end products and the company’s steel production reached 10.13 million tons, rising by ...
Japanese Tokyo Steel released its list prices for February. The company decided to hike its list prices for all steel products by 3,000/ton for February. After the adjustment, the company’s ex-factory prices for rebar with ...
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Aperam, one of the major stainless steel producers in Europe said that it will raise spot base prices for all its stainless steel products by €50/ton in Europe. The new price will become effective from February. It’s learned ...
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In the January-November period of the last year, Ukrainian exports of long steel products decreased by 0.6 percent year on year to 5.223 million mt, according to the data issued by Ukraine's Cabinet of Ministers. In November alone, ...
In 2012, Brazil's crude steel output fell 1.5 percent compared to 2011 to 34.7 million metric tons, according to the Brazil Steel Institute (IABr). In 2011, Brazilian crude steel output had increased by 6.8 percent on year-on-year basis. ...
According to a statement from Malaysia's Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI), the government is determined to work with the domestic iron and steel industry to make it more competitive. Accordingly, Malaysia's import duty ...
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According to the latest data released by the Swedish Steel Producers' Association (Jernkontoret), in December 2012 Swedish crude steel production amounted to 313,600 metric tons, decreasing by 16.2 percent year on year and down 8.9 percent ...
As of January 18, inventory of the main finished steel products (plate, hot rolled coil (HRC), cold rolled coil (CRC), rebar and wire rod) in major steel markets in China totaled 14.346 million mt, up 329,000 mt compared to the previous ...
In 2012, Russian exports of semi-finished steel products increased by 15.8 percent year on year to 14.8 million mt, according to the State Statistics Committee of Russia (Russtat). In addition, in 2012 Russian exports of pig iron ...
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Korea’s dealer inventory of steel flat products has fallen for consecutive four months. According to statistics released by the Korea Iron & Steel Association (KOSA), the dealer inventory of steel flat products totaled 1.179 million ...
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According to statistics released by the US Department of Commerce (DOC), the US exported 905,404 tons of steel products in November, falling by 15.8% from a month ago. Among them, 2,371 tons were semi-finished steel products, slumping by ...
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China Steel Corp. (CSC), the largest carbon steel producer in Taiwan is going to release its list prices for March. Meanwhile, Chung Hung Steel, the subsidiary of CSC will announced its prices in January 22nd. It’s estimated that the ...
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Global steelmaking and mining giant Evraz Group S.A. has announced that its crude steel output amounted to 3.67 million mt in the fourth quarter of 2012, decreasing by 5.9 percent quarter on quarter and by 11.1 percent compared to the same ...
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