Latin American countries imported 5 million mt of finished steel from China in the first seven months of 2015, 6% more than the 4.7 million mt imported in the same period in 2014, the Latin American Steel Association (Alacero) said Tuesday. ...
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Brazil’s long products market should face a challenging year in 2015, despite a low increase in production, domestic sales and as well as in the country’s apparent consumption, an executive at Gerdau said during the Alacero ...
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In the January-September period of this year, Turkey's steel exports decreased by 5.3 percent year on year to 13.61 million mt, while the value of these exports totaled $11.55 billion, down 2.9 percent, both on year-on-year basis, according ...
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In September this year, Germany's crude steel output increased by 12.1 percent month on month to 3.51 million metric tons and decreased by three percent compared to September 2013, according to the information provided by the German steel ...
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In the third quarter of the current year, the crude steel production of Russian steelmaker MMK Group totaled 3.381 million mt, down 0.3 percent compared to the second quarter of the year, while its crude steel output in the first nine ...
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International credit rating agency Standard & Poor's Ratings (S&P) has announced that a potential sale by Indian steelmaker Tata Steel of its European long steel products business and associated distribution activities is credit positive ...
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Russian steelmaker Novolipetsk Steel (NLMK) has announced its production and sales data for the third quarter of the current year. According to the company statement, NLMK's crude steel output in the third quarter increased to 4.131 million ...
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Speaking at the SteelOrbis 2014 Fall Conference & 71st IREPAS Meeting in Berlin, Kim Marti, international sales director of Spanish steel producer CELSA Group, said that the key risks to the global economy, such as geopolitical tensions ...
Germany-based long steel producer Saarstahl has announced that it is investing €30 million in the complete modernization of its wire rod mill in Neunkirchen, aiming to secure market share in the premium quality sectors for customers in ...
According to the data released by Ukrainian association of metal producers Metallurgprom, in August this year Ukraine exported $215.5 million worth of long steel products, while imports of these products totaled $8.19 million. Despite the ...
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Egypt's largest steelmaker Ezz Steel has announced its financial results for the first half of the current year, reporting a net loss of EGP 176 million ($24.6 million), compared to a net profit of EGP 302 million in the first half of 2013. ...
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Turkish integrated long steel producer Kardemir Karabuk Demir Celik Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S. (Kardemir) has announced its planned sales volumes of rebar, billet and bloom, beams, and pig iron for the October-December quarter of the current ...
According to the Brazil Steel Institute (IABr), Brazilian crude steel production in the January-August period this year amounted to 22.62 million metric tons, one percent lower year on year. In the same period, Brazilian rolled steel output ...
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According to data released by the China Iron and Steel Association (CISA) on September 15, as of the end of August (August 31) the composite steel price index (CSPI) for the Chinese domestic market was at 90.63 points, down 1.25 points or ...
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In August this year, Germany's crude steel output decreased by 9.2 percent month on month to 3.13 million metric tons and decreasing by one percent compared to August 2013, according to the information provided by the German steel ...
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