It's reported that NLMK North America has sent a letter to its customers that it planned to temporarily shut down one of its galvanizing line. Their light-gauge No.2 galvanizing line in Pennsylvania will temporarily be shut down until ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics
US domestic flat rolled price increases in Q4 2012 and Q1 2013 did not stick due to lackluster demand, overcapacity woes and import competition, executives at Reliance Steel & Aluminum said during the company's Q1 2013 conference call on ...
Tags: Reliance Steel, US Flats Market
It's reported that the Chinese Benxi Steel announced that its net profits slumped by 91% from a year ago to RMB69.38 million in 2012. The company stated that high raw material prices and sluggish demand caused its net profits slump last ...
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As of April 22, inventory of iron ore at 25 major Chinese ports amounted to 71.10 million mt, indicating a rise of 0.57 million mt or 0.81 percent on week on week basis, as announced by China's Xinhua News Agency. As of April 22, the ...
Analyst: PV module market to bounce back to growth in 2014 23 Apr 2013 But Solarbuzz predicts 20% decline in revenues this year, and survival remains the priority . Solar roller-coaster: down then up The global market for ...
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During Nucor Corporation's Q1 2013 conference call Thursday, President and CEO John Ferriola noted that the flat rolled steel market is poised for a difficult year. Ferriola said that the "amount of overcapacity is phenomenal right now," ...
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In the afternoon of April 1, Baosteel Co.,Ltd. holds 2012 annual performance results online description meeting. Group Corporation general manager, Baosteel Co.,Ltd. chairman, Party secretary He Wenbo, Baosteel Co.,Ltd. general manager Ma ...
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Speaking at the International Steel Trade Day organized by STSG-Eurometal in Milan on April 4, Cesare Viganò, general manager of Italy-based CLN, presented his outlook for the steel market in 2013. The global steel industry has ...
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During the International Steel Trade Day organized by STSG-Eurometal in Milan on April 4, SteelOrbis interviewed Ralph Oppenheimer, chairman of Stemcor and STSG (Eurometal's Steel Trade Study Group), seeking his views on how the problem of ...
It is reported that China’s Baosteel predicts the steel market will expect to improve this year but the steel production capacity will keep flat due to overcapacity problem would remain serious. The company is optimize to see the ...
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Boao Forum for Asia 2013 Annual Conference will be held from April 6 to 8 in Boao, Hainan Province. Recently, Boao Forum for Asia's magazine "Boao Observation" teams up new institutional economics originator Ronald Coase, Nobel Laureate ...
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According to the annual reports of 12 public steel companies in China, 5 steel company's annual loss together had reached RMB11.454 billion (US$1.85 billion). The 5 steel companies are Angang, Magang, Anyang Steel, ST Shaogang and Chongqing ...
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It is learned that Mexican steel consumption in 2012 was increased to 23.6 million tons from 21.2 million tons in 2011, around 11.2%. But for Mr. Alonso Ancira, president of Mexican steel institution Canacero, the beneficiaries of the ...
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China-based solar firm JA Solar has reported financial results for fourth-quarter and fiscal year 2012. JA Solar's fourth-quarter shipments reached 500MW, exceeding the 418MW shipped in the third quarter of 2012, while net revenues reached ...
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Suntech Power's epic plunge from solar module dominance to bankruptcy comes as the result of misplaced investments, a misguided pricing strategy, anti-dumping action in the US and a potential new willingness by the China government and ...
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