Global steel giant ArcelorMittal has announced that it is investing around $15 million in the production of advanced high strength steel at its Vega do Sul flat steel rolling mill in the state of Santa Catarina in southern Brazil. The ...
Tags: steel, coating, automotive
Brazil's iron ore export volume amounted to 22.63 million mt in February this year, decreasing by 8.40 percent compared to January and up 9.46 percent compared to the same month of 2013, according to the information released by the ...
Tags: Iron Ore, Metallurgy, Mineral, flat steel, steel
Brazil's iron ore export volume amounted to 22.63 million mt in February this year, decreasing by 8.40 percent compared to January and up 9.46 percent compared to the same month of 2013, according to the information released by the ...
Tags: Iron Ore, flat steel, semi-finished products
In February this year, Germany's crude steel output decreased by 2.9 percent month on month to 3.56 million metric tons, rising by 4.2 percent compared to February 2013, according to the information provided by the German steel federation ...
Tags: Crude Steel, Mineral
Russian imports of stainless steel products in January this year decreased by 7.7 percent year on year to 15,004 mt, according to Russia-based SpetsStal Association. In particular, in the first month of this year Russia's imports of long ...
Tags: Stainless Steel, Mineral
In January this year, China exported 248,114 mt of stainless flat steel, up 19 percent compared to 208,340 mt in December and up 70 percent year on year. The growth is mainly attributed to the strong demand from Asian markets as well as low ...
Tags: Stainless Steel, Mineral
In the first two months of the current year, Turkey's steel exports totaled 3.07 million mt, down four percent year on year, while the value of these exports decreased by 2.7 percent year on year to $2.3 billion, according to the data ...
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Although Mexico holds second place in Latin America's consumption of rolled steel products, the country recorded a drop of 9 percent in consumption in 2013 compared with the prior year. Mexico consumption of rolled steel--covering long ...
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China-based steel manufacturing and trading group Delong Holdings Ltd has announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary Delong Steel Singapore Projects Pte. Ltd. (DSL) has entered into a joint venture agreement with three Thai-based companies, ...
Tags: new steel mill, carbon structural steel, production capacity
According to a report released by the Turkish Iron and Steel Producers' Association (TCUD), in 2013 Turkey's steel import volume increased by 25.4 percent to 14.85 million mt, valued at $12.81 billion, up 14.1 percent, both compared to ...
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According to the Brazil Steel Institute (IABr), in January this year Brazilian steelmakers produced 2.74 million metric tons of crude steel, up 2.74 percent from December and down 1.36 percent year on year. Brazil's rolled steel product ...
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In January this year, Germany's crude steel output increased by 2.2 percent year on year to 3.7 million metric tons, rising by 5.8 percent compared to December, according to the information provided by the German steel federation ...
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In December last year, Turkey's stainless flat steel imports rose by 66.1 percent year on year and increased by 12.63 percent compared to the previous month to 44,427 metric tons, following the 0.48 percent month-on-month decrease recorded ...
Tags: Stainless Flat Steel, Mineral
In January this year, Kazakhstan produced 317,000 mt of crude steel, up 54.5 percent year on year, according to the State Statistics Committee of Kazakhstan. Production of flat steel in Kazakhstan in the given month increased by 35.9 ...
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Australian flat steel producer BlueScope has announced that it has agreed to acquire the downstream long product rolling and marketing operations of Fletcher Building's Pacific Steel Group (Pacific Steel), based in Auckland, New Zealand. ...
Tags: Pacific Steel, flat steel