China imported 755,939 mt of iron ore from India in August, up 49% from 506,322 mt in July, according to data released Monday by the General Administration of Customs. The increase comes on the back of Indian government talks of a ...
The mining industry employs 2.2 percent of the country's total labor force, an indication of its importance and its influence in the economy and immigration. All states see mining activities with the most mined ores and minerals being iron ...
Tags: Mining industry
India has great potentiality in meeting its need of iron by making use of the minerals, available here. This is the reason; this is one of the leading countries, where iron is produced in great quantity. As the iron ore is available in bulk ...
Tags: Ferro Alloys, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
There are many iron and steel industries across the country, India. Some are old enough and some are newer ones. Not only the agencies that have set up a few decades ago, but also the agencies that have emerged a few years ago are also ...
Tags: Ferro Alloys, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
Russia's rolled steel product output totaled 38.6 million tons in the first eight months of this year, down by 2.5% year on year, according to data released by the State Statistics Committee of Russia (Russtat). In the given period of time, ...
Tags: Roll Steel, steel, Construction
Stockpiles of iron ore at 25 major ports in China rose last week as market participants continued their wait-and-see attitude, according to a Tuesday report by the Xinhua News Agency. Inventories of imported iron ore stood at 74.32 ...
Tags: Iron Ore, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
China's top securities regulator said on Friday that it has approved iron ore futures trading on the Dalian Commodity Exchange. The approval came one week after the relaunch of treasury-bond futures on the China Financial Futures Exchange ...
Tags: Iron Ore, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
The domestic iron and steel industry began to turn a profit in July largely driven by the rebound of market demands and steel prices, but this may be hard to maintain in the fourth quarter as the cost of raw materials will increase, the ...
Tags: Steel, Iron, Construction
It was assessed by SunSirs that in the tracked 100 spot commodities,16 commodities increased in prices, 26 fell and 58 remained unchanged on 05/09/2013.The largest rises were SBR (1.21%),Styrene (1.05%),LLDPE (0.80%),while the largest falls ...
Tags: Spot Commodities, Chemicals
China's state-owned enterprise Chongqing Iron & Steel plans to maintain its crude steel output in 2013 at 6 million mt amid uncertainties in the market, a company source told Platts Wednesday. The steelmaker has three blast furnaces, each ...
US iron ore production in the second quarter of this year amounted to 11.7 million mt, decreasing by 900,000 mt as compared to the same period last year and down 800,000 mt from the first quarter of this year, according to figures from the ...
Tags: Iron Ore Output, Mineral
Russian steelmaker Severstal has announced its financial results for the second quarter and the first half of 2013. Accordingly, in the second quarter Severstal registered a net loss of $44 million, compared to a net profit of $155 million ...
Tags: steel, Metallurgy, Mineral
It was assessed by SunSirs that in the tracked 100 spot commodities,18 commodities increased in prices, 24 fell and 58 remained unchanged on 27/08/2013.The largest rises were Soybean meal (4.75%),LPG (1.33%),Hydrochloric acid (0.77%),while ...
Tags: Spot Commodities, Price Chart
Australian iron ore development company BC Iron has announced its fiscal results for the financial year 2012-13 ended June 30, posting a net profit of A$48.8 million, down 3.5 percent year on year. In the given year, BC Iron's sales ...
Cleveland, Ohio-based Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. announced Tuesday that it has entered into a new agreement with West Chester, Ohio-based AK Steel to supply iron ore pellets from 2014 through 2023. The new agreement includes minimum and ...
Tags: AK Steel, Pellet Supply