Why did the significant growth observed in Turkish steel output following the 2008 economic crisis start to be replaced by reduced outputs this year? Will this declining trend in output slow down in the remainder of the year? After 2008, ...
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On October 9, Inner Mongolia-based Chinese steelmaker Baotou Iron and Steel Co. (Baogang Group) announced that it plans to issue short-term bonds worth RMB 2.5 billion ($408 million) on October 15. The bonds, which are the first short-term ...
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Indian steelmaker Tata Steel has announced its sales results for the second quarter and the first half ended September 30 of the financial year 2013-14. The total domestic sales of Tata Steel in the second quarter increased by 18 percent to ...
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Shanxi Province-based Chinese steelmaker Taiyuan Iron and Steel Co. (TISCO) has announced that in the January-August period this year its overall investments in major projects in Shanxi amounted to RMB 7.822 billion ($1.28 billion), ...
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Turkey-based MMK Metalurji, a subsidiary of Russian steelmaker MMK, has announced that during the first nine months of the current year its domestic galvanized steel sheet sales increased by 33 percent, while its domestic color coated steel ...
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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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China Steel Corp. (CSC), the largest carbon steelmaker in Taiwan is going to release its prices for carbon steel wire rods and bars for December. Industry sources predicted that CSC might remain its prices for carbon steel wire rods and ...
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On September 25, Chinese steelmaker Chongqing Iron and Steel Co.(Chongqing Steel), a subsidiary of Chongqing Iron and Steel (Group) Co., announced that its major asset restructuring plan has received conditional or preliminary approval from ...
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The China Iron and Steel Association (CISA) has announced that in the first eight months of the current year the aggregate gross profit of its member enterprises amounted to RMB 8.087 billion ($1.308 billion), while in August alone the ...
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Reportedly, China Steel Corp. (CSC), the largest carbon steelmaker in Taiwan will release its prices for AP plates (materials without mill certificate) for November in next week. Previously, CSC increased its AP plate prices for October, ...
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Chinese steelmakers, already obsessed with low profit margins, have been told to increase their environmental investment to help the country reduce air pollution. As part of an action plan to curb air pollution, the Chinese government is ...
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Reportedly, the Indian steelmaker Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd. (RINL) has commissioned Siemens Metals Technologies to modernize the blast furnace (BF) No. 2 at Visakhapatnam Steel Plant (Vizag Steel), in order to increase the annual ...
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It's reported that China Steel Corp. (CSC), the largest carbon steelmaker in Taiwan announced to remain its list prices for electric furnace (EF) Al-killed wire rods unchanged for October. Also, the company has remained its list prices for ...
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Turkish steelmaker Tosyali Holding's new wire rod mill in Osmaniye is set to have the trial produciton in May 2014. It will equip a capacity of 700,000 tpy of low, medium, high carbon steel, alloyed steel, free cutting steel, welding wire ...
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It's reported that the Chinese steel mills started price negotiation for hot rolled coils with the Vietnamese buyers for October and November deliveries. The Chinese steelmakers planned to raise the HRC prices slightly but the price rise ...
Tags: HRC, Construction