China's Ministry of Finance issued its customs duties implementation plan for 2015 on December 17, with the duties in question to become effective as of January 1, 2015. Accordingly, China's export tariffs for pig iron, semi-finished ...
Tags: pig iron, semi-finished steel, wire rod, Metallurgy
At the Bureau of International Recycling (BIR) Autumn Convention held on 27-28 October in Paris, concerns have emerged regarding a matter which only a few market players have considered with due attention so far, i.e., the volumes of steel ...
Tags: BIR, Convention, Energy
In the week from October 20 to October 26, on the Orbis Steel Index the Turkish scrap index started to move upwards, while the US (East Coast) HMS I/II scrap export index continued to move sideways. In the given week, the Turkish rebar ...
Tags: Turkish Scrap, Steel, Energy
Egypt's Ministry of Industry and Trade announced on Tuesday, October 14 that it has imposed temporary tariffs on rebar imports to protect domestic rebar manufacturers. The 7.3 percent temporary tariff will be valid for a maximum of 200 days ...
Tags: Temporary Tariffs, Rebar Imports
Speaking at the SteelOrbis 2014 Fall Conference & 71st IREPAS Meeting in Berlin, Ioannis Meimaroglu from Helveco Intertrade, the chairman of the raw materials suppliers committee, stated that the increasing volume of exports from China due ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, Raw Material
During his presentation at the SteelOrbis 2014 Fall Conference & 71st IREPAS Meeting being held in Berlin on September 28-30, Bernd Neuenkirchen from international steel trading company C&F International commented on both current and ...
Tags: US Producers, Turkish Rebar, Energy
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 ...
The SteelOrbis 2014 Fall Conference & 71st IREPAS Meeting got underway in Berlin today, September 29, with the participation of almost 300 executives, including 82 representatives from 43 steel producer companies from a total of 21 ...
Chinese steelmaker Hebei Iron and Steel Group is said to be considering increasing its 10 percent shareholding in Swiss-based Duferco International Trade Holding, the world's biggest steel trader, as SteelOrbis has heard. The exact amount ...
On the evening of Thursday, September 11, Italian steelmaker Lucchini informed SteelOrbis that it has received a new binding offer from Indian steel producer JSW Steel for its core assets in Piombino, Tuscany and is currently considering ...
Tags: JSW Steel
Brazilian miner Vale has been freed from paying taxes on profits made overseas, according to a Reuters report. This is expected to provide an opportunity for Vale to demand a $10 billion refund on a settlement payment. According to media ...
Tags: Tax Dispute, Mineral, miner
Austria-based steel producer voestalpine has announced that it has signed another agreement with Mexican steelmaker Altos Hornos de México (AHMSA) for the supply of 400,000 mt of hot briquetted iron (HBI) produced in Texas. ...
Tags: steel producer, voestalpine, Metallurgy
In the week from July 14 to July 20, on the Orbis Steel Index the scrap indexes moved upwards. In the given week, the Turkish rebar index increased slightly, while the Turkish flat rolled product indexes showed either upward or sideways ...
Tags: Orbis, data, Metallurgy, Mineral
German steelmaker ThyssenKrupp has announced that it has decided to shut down one of the two electric arc furnaces at Acciai Speciali Terni (AST), its stainless steel plant in Italy, in 2015-2016 to focus on cold rolled products. ...
Tags: ThyssenKrupp, shut down, Metallurgy, Mineral
Australian iron ore miner Atlas Iron has announced that it is set to record increased production, lower costs and significantly reduced capital expenditure in the financial year 2014-15 ending June 30, 2015. Atlas is on track to produce ...
Tags: Atlas Iron, announce, increase