Cortech has introduced new CorShield VpCI-146 reinforced paper, which can be used as a protective packaging for sharp or oddly shaped metals. The firm’s Vapor phase Corrosion Inhibiting (VpCI) paper is also a better packaging option ...
Brazil-based iron and steel maker Gerdau said Tuesday its proposed logistics and mining investments will enable the company to more than double iron ore production within the next six years, to 24 million mt/yr, from the current 11.5 ...
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German plate producer Dillinger Hütte has announced its financial results for 2013, stating that a weak economic environment and worldwide overcapacities placed extreme pressure on the heavy plate market. With utilization of capacities ...
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Russia-based pipe producing company United Metallurgical Company (OMK) has stated that up to August of the current year it will supply 50,000 mt of oil and gas pipeline pipes for application in the V. Filanovsky oil and gas deposit ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, Pipes, steel pipe
Russian steel pipe and railway wheel producer Vyksa Steel Works (VSW), a part of Russia-based OMK Group, has confirmed that its large-diameter pipes produced from its own sheets are in accordance with the specifications for the Nord Stream ...
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Yeou Yih Steel, one of the major stainless steel heavy plate manufacturers in Taiwan, said the company's fourth-quarter order received situation has stayed firmly and the rising price will help the company to remain profitable in the fourth ...
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In 2013, Baosteel Co., Ltd. Gained good progress in new product R & D, with all figures reaching the annual target. The unique proportion and global starting number have been increased substantially than last year, completing 152%, 133% of ...
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According to data released from the national foreign trade ministry, Mdic, Brazil’s heavy plate imports decreased in November to 2,788 tons versus 4,136 tons in the previous month. The figures increased by 4% year on year. From ...
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It's reported that SSAB Americas announced to raise its prices for heavy plates by US$30/short ton, effective immediately. Meanwhile, it's learned that the major steelmakers in the US including Nucor, SSAB Americas and ArcelorMittal North ...
Tags: Heavy Plate, SSAB Prices Hiking
According to data released by the Korea Iron & Steel Association (Kosa), the country’s heavy plate production totaled 744,800 tons in October, up by 3% from a month ago and increasing by 2% year on year. In the January-October ...
Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp (NSSMC) has informed domestic dealers to raise the prices for the commodity grade heavy plates by ¥3,000/ton from next January. It's learned that NSSMC decided to raise heavy plate prices in order to ...
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A few days ago, according to the requirement of a marine engineering project, Baosteel successfully developed two specifications of X100M ultrahigh strength UOE welded pipe and firstly realized commercial production and supply in China. ...
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In October this year, Japanese crude steel production was up by 2.5 percent compared to the previous month, while it increased 7.7 percent year on year, totaling 9.52 million mt, according to the data released by the Japan Iron and Steel ...
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According to data released by the Korea Iron & Steel Association (KOSA), the country’s heave plate imports totaled 1.63 million tons in the January-October period, slumping by 42% year on year. In the given period of time, the imports ...
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With rebounding price of carbon steel hot rolled coil in Turkey, Turkish steel producers are going to surge the price of steel heavy plate by at least US$10/ton. So far, the ex-work price of heavy plate is about US$615~US$640/ton in Turkey. ...
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