German steelmaker ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe has announced that blast furnace No. 9 at its Duisburg-Hamborn facility has been put back into operation again. The blast furnace was taken out of service in the spring of 2012 for relining and ...
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Ukraine-based mining and steel company Metinvest Group will invest over $92 million in the upgrading of the fourth blast furnace at its Mariupol-headquartered subsidiary Azovstal Iron and Steel Works, according to Azovstal's statement. ...
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It’s reported that Quintain Steel, one of the major wire rod producers in Taiwan announced to remain its list prices for wire rods unchanged for November. Also, the company has kept its wire rod list prices flat for consecutive two ...
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The South East Asia Iron and Steel Institute (SEAISI) said today, October 28, that the ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) region is a significant net importer of steel products, pointing out that the region is not ...
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Ukraine's largest vertically-integrated mining and steel group Metinvest has stated that a major overhaul of blast furnace No. 4 has been carried out within the framework of the production modernization program at its subsidiary Ilyich Iron ...
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Russia-based leading global iron ore and hot briquetted iron (HBI) producer Metalloinvest has stated that it is implementing a program for increasing commercial pig iron production at Ural Steel, which includes modernisation of the pig iron ...
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AK Steel released its third quarter 2013 results Tuesday, indicating a $31.7 million loss, compared to a net loss of $60.9 million in Q3 2012 and a net loss of $40.4 million in Q2 2013.? Sales for the quarter reached $1.3 billion on ...
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Russian pipe maker United Metallurgical Co (OMK) is planning to buy a spring steel mill, Chusovoy Steel Works (ChMZ). OMK hopes to complete the acquisition before the end of the year. Russia's federal anti-monopoly service (FAS) has ...
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In the first nine months of this year, world pig iron production amounted to 880.34 million mt, rising by 5.3 percent compared to the same period of 2012, according to the preliminary data covering 38 countries accounting for approximately ...
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On October 19, Jiangsu Province-based Chinese steelmaker Lianfeng Iron & Steel (Zhangjiagang) Co. (Lianfeng Steel), a subsidiary of Jiangsu-based Chinese steelmaker Yonggang Group Co., successfully commissioned its 1,080 m3 blast furnace ...
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Hyundai Steel, the second largest steel maker in Korea said on Thursday that it plans to merge with Hyundai Hysco Co's auto steel sheet making division. The merge is to cut costs and improve profitability said Hyundai Steel. The Board of ...
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In the first eight months of this year, French crude steel output decreased by 2.3 percent year on year to 10,529,000 mt, according to the latest data released by the French Steel Federation (FFA). In the given period, electric arc furnace ...
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Luxembourg-based global steelmaker ArcelorMittal has announced that it is investing €92 million in a complete revamp of the blast furnace No. 2 at its Dunkirk plant in France. The Dunkirk plant's slab output capacity will remain at 7 ...
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In July this year, Liberty Commodities had officially confirmed its negotiation and completion of the acquisition of Wales-based hot rolled coil (HRC) producer MIR Steel (formerly known as Alpha Steel) on behalf of a consortium of ...
Russian mining and steel group Mechel has announced the completion of its construction of a grinding-mixing complex to produce cement, in particular blast furnace slag cement. The grinding-mixing complex was built in Chelyabinsk ...