Ukrainian miner and steel producer Metinvest Group has stated that it will invest around $1 billion in revamping of blast furnace # 4 at its subsidiary Azovstal Iron and Steel Works. On 15 May, the first upgrading and revamping activities ...
Tags: Blast Furnace, Azovstal
The US hot-rolled coil steel sheet market Wednesday saw prices trend move down for the second time this week as buyers and at least one producer reported lower offers and transaction prices. One Midwestern service center source said HRC ...
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Cadmium telluride (CdTe) thin-film photovoltaic module maker First Solar Inc of Tempe, AZ, USA, international mining group Rio Tinto and Australian solar energy firm Ingenero have announced an agreement for the development of the Weipa ...
Tags: Solar, Ingenero, Diesel-PV Hybrid
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is honoring the General Services Administration (GSA) Justice Park Drive Federal Building in Houston for saving money, improving lives and protecting the planet by participating in the ...
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A facility of U.S. Department of Homeland Security in Lee’s Summit, Mo., has received the year’s top national award in EPA’s Federal Green Challenge, an annual recognition of best efforts by federal government agencies to ...
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In the first four months of this year, world pig iron production amounted to 393.83 million mt, rising by 1.65 percent compared to the same period of 2013, according to the preliminary data covering 38 countries accounting for approximately ...
Tags: Pig Iron, iron production
According to the data released by the World Steel Association (worldsteel), global direct reduced iron (DRI) production in the 14 countries accounting for approximately 87 percent of total world DRI production in 2013 amounted to 4.84 ...
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China's gold demand fell 18 percent in the first quarter as investors bought fewer bars and coins, offsetting record interest in jewelry, the World Gold Council said. Purchases declined to 263.2 metric tons in the three months ending ...
Tags: Gold Demand, jewelry consumption
According to the Brazil Steel Institute (IABr), Brazilian crude steel production in the first four months of the current year amounted to 11.13 million metric tons, 0.1 percent higher year on year. In the same period, Brazilian rolled steel ...
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According to the data released by the Japan Ship Exporters' Association (JSEA), Japanese new ship export orders in April this year decreased by 21.72 percent on tonnage basis compared to March, amounting to 29 ships, down from 47 ships ...
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In March this year, Brazilian miner Vale's iron ore export volume totaled 22.47 million mt, increasing by 13.75 percent year on year, according to Brazil's National Union of the Industry of Extraction of Iron and Base Metals (Sinferbase). ...
Tags: Vale, Iron Ore Exports
Global crude steel production in April this year increased by 1.7 percent year on year to 136.63 million metric tons, while a 3.33 percent fall was observed on month-on-month basis, according to the World Steel Association (worldsteel). In ...
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In the January-April period of the current year, the aggregate shipbuilding output in China (from a total of 80 shipbuilding enterprises) amounted to 10.36 million deadweight tons (dwt), down 24.9 percent year on year, according to figures ...
Tags: Shipbuilding Output, ship orders
Brazil-based Gerdau Corsa opened a new mill this week in Ciudad Sahagún, Hidalgo, Mexico with an investment of US$600 million. The facility will be fully operational by August 2014 and will have an annual installed capacity of one ...
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The European Union (EU) may scrap mandatory ‘best-before’ dates on long life foods after several member countries blamed the labelling for millions of tons of food being wasted every year. EU agriculture ministers discussed a ...
Tags: Long Life Foods, agriculture