Austrian steelmaker voestalpine has announced that it has received significant interest from potential customers for the sponge iron to be produced at its direct reduction plant planned to be built just outside the city of Corpus Christi, ...
Tags: raw mat, USA, Mexico, North America, steelmaking, Voestalpine, Istanbul
According to the latest data released by the Swedish Steel Producers' Association (Jernkontoret), in April this year Swedish crude steel production amounted to 399,900 metric tons, decreasing by 11.6 percent year on year and up 2.14 percent ...
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In the first quarter of the current year, Belgian crude steel production amounted to 1.8 million mt, falling by four percent year on year and up 5.1 percent compared to the fourth quarter of 2012, according to the Belgian Steel Federation ...
Tags: wire rod, hrc, crc, raw mat, longs, flats, stainless, Belgium, Europe
In 2012, world stainless crude steel output stood at 35.4 million mt, up 5.2 percent year on year, hitting a new record for a single year, according to the preliminary report released by the International Stainless Steel Forum (ISSF). ...
Tags: raw mat, stainless, China, Europe, production, steelmaking, Istanbul
China's coastal ports enable the transportation of coal, containers, imported iron ore, and grain; roll-on-roll-off operations between mainland and islands; and deep-water access to the sea. In port construction, China has especially ...
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A combination of new supply sources and rising costs at home could mean Australia's burgeoning LNG sector losing ground to new players, several speakers at an oil industry conference in Brisbane warned this week. On Sunday the chief ...
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Saudi Aramco boosted its crude production to a record 9.506 million b/d in 2012, excluding blended natural gas liquids, up 5% from 9.068 million b/d in 2011, the company said in its latest annual report. "During 2012 at Saudi Aramco, we ...
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Reportedly, Chinese Baosteel Stainless announced to cut domestic prices for austenitic stainless steel prices by RMB700~RMB900/ton for June to reflect lower raw material prices. Baosteel Stainless decided to cut its list prices for 304 ...
Kuwait's government has accepted the resignation of the country's oil minister, Hani Hussein, the official KUNA news agency reported Monday. Sheikh Mohammed Abdulla, minister of state for cabinet affairs and for municipal affairs, issued ...
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Petroleum futures were slightly bearish Monday, with ICE July Brent settling 2 cents lower at $102.62/barrel. Volumes were low and markets rangebound for the most part because of holidays on both sides of the Atlantic. Electronic trading ...
On May 27, China's Ministry of Commerce (MOC) announced that during last week (May 20-26) the average steel price in China decreased by 0.4 percent week on week, declining at the same rate as recorded in the previous week. In particular, ...
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Ukrainian mining and steel producing group Metinvest has announced that in the first quarter of the current year its crude steel production decreased by six percent year on year to 3.101 million mt. In addition, in the given period, ...
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Reportedly, Kardemir, the largest steel longs producer in Turkey announced to adjust its bar prices for domestic market, effective from May 22nd. After the announcement, its prices for round bars are at TRY1, 150/ton, rising by TRY9/ton. ...
Tags: Construction, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
According to data released by the State Statistics Committee of Russia (Russtat), Russia’s output of rolled steel products totaled 18.1 million tons in the first four months of this year, falling by 3.2% year on year. In the given ...
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Tricones have historically been used for a wide range of drilling projects from simple water wells to complex oil extraction operations. We'll look over a wide range of common well drilling projects and which of the readily available ...
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