China's crude steel consumption for 2013 is estimated at 693 million tonnes and it is expected to grow 3.2 percent year on year to reach 715 million tonnes in 2014, an industry expert said on Friday. Given China's current production ...
Tags: Construction, Steel
China's iron ore imports have been decelerating since 2011, and that trend is set to continue next year with estimated growth of 6.25 percent, said an industry expert on Friday. China will import 850 million metric tons of iron ore in ...
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Anonymous sources have confirmed to SteelOrbis that representatives of the US rebar industry filed a "critical circumstances" allegation late Wednesday in the ongoing AD/CVD investigation of rebar from Turkey. The allegation, which claims ...
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At the 75th Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Steel Committee meeting held in Paris on December 5-6, the participants discussed the slow growth prospects in the global steel market, exchanged views on the effect ...
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The World Steel Association (worldsteel) co-hosted with the China Iron and Steel Association (CISA) and the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, Automotive Industry Committee (CCPIT-Auto) a major one day conference on ...
Following the call made by the European Commission (EC) for a meeting on December 4 convening the 14 largest steel producing EU member states, the CEOs of the major European steelmakers, representatives of the European Parliament, and the ...
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It is reported that Myanmar's Public Works of the Ministry of Construction and Japan's JFE Engineering Corporation has formed a joint venture to construct the steel mill in Yangon's Thakayta Township to undertake production of steel ...
Turkish integrated steelmaker Erdemir sees a positive outlook for the steel industry in 2014, as stated by the company's marketing and sales coordinator Basak Turgut at the 8th SteelOrbis Turkish Steel Market Conference held in Istanbul on ...
Speaking at the 8th SteelOrbis Turkish Steel Market Conference held in Istanbul on November 29, Dr. Veysel Yayan, general secretary of the Turkish Iron and Steel Producers' Association (TCUD), said that Turkey's crude steel production for ...
At the recent 1st Assofermet Day & SteelOrbis Conference held in Brescia in northern Italy, Serdar Kilimci, sales Manager of Turkish steel producer Colakoglu Metalurji, gave a presentation on Turkish flat steel imports, exports, production ...
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Hebei said it eliminated 4.56 million metric tons of ironmaking capacity and 6.8 million tons of steelmaking capacity in three cities on Sunday, marking the start of the province's campaign to cut excess production capacity. On Sunday, a ...
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China's economic planners are taking an increasingly hawkish stance on the overcapacity issue, reportedly mulling a "white list" for the next campaign. Several central ministries, including the National Development and Reform Commission, ...
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According to report of Macquarie Commodities Research last week, the output of stainless steel is expected to increase to 21.6 million tons, up by 12.5% in 2014. It indicated the net exports of stainless steel in China were strong growth to ...
Chinese steelmaker Hebei Iron and Steel Group has announced that its Hebei-based subsidiary Chengde Iron and Steel Co. has dismantled its 40 mt converter, within the scope of efforts to eliminate backward or dated steel production ...
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International credit rating agency Moody's has announced that it has raised the European steel industry outlook to stable from negative given the improving fundamentals in the European steel industry, reflected by slight growth in euro area ...
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