In June this year, global pig iron production amounted to 96.06 million metric tons, decreasing by 4.1 percent compared to May and up 3.62 percent on year-on-year basis, according to the preliminary data covering 38 countries accounting for ...
West Chester, Ohio-based flat rolled steelmaker AK Steel reported Tuesday a net loss of $40.4 million for Q2 2013, ended June 30, 2013, compared to a net loss of $724.2 million for Q2 of 2012. Net sales for Q2 2013 were $1.4 billion on ...
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It’s reported that Quintain Steel, one of the major wire rod producers in Taiwan announced to remain its list prices unchanged for August. Also, the company has remained wire rod list prices unchanged for consecutive two months. ...
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Russian pig iron and coking coal producer KOKS Group has announced it operational results for the first half of 2013. During the first half, KOKS produced 1.02 million mt of pig iron, down four percent compared to the corresponding period ...
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According to report, Mexican integrated steelmaker Altos Hornos de Mexico (Ahmsa) will start up is expansion plan Fenix on July 18th. The Fenix project is expected to increase Ahmsa’s annual steel production capacity by 40% to ...
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On July 3, Beijing-based state-owned China Metallurgical Group Corporation (MCC) announced that the 450 m3 blast furnace No. 2 of Xinjiang region-based Kunyu Iron and Steel Co. has commenced trial production, successfully producing its ...
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The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported Monday that US raw steel production fell 3.1 percent in the week ending June 29, following increases in the three prior weeks. The biggest declines were in the Midwest and Great Lakes ...
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It’s reported that Yieh Hsing, one of the major wire rod producers in Taiwan released its price policy for July. The company decided to remain its list prices for wire rods unchanged for July. After the price announcement, ...
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It’s reported that Quintain Steel, one of the major wire rod producers in Taiwan announced to remain its list prices unchanged for July. After the announcement, its prices for blast furnace (BF) Al-killed wire rods are t ...
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Reportedly Tata Steel has invested £3.6 million in its new corrosion-resistant coating line in Zodiac plant, UK. This investment enables Tata to meet customer's need for high-value, high-formability automotive steels that making fuel ...
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Formosa Hatinh Steel Corporation, one of the steel manufacturing complex of Taiwan's Formosa Plastic Group, its first blast furnace will start its official operation in 2015. In order to secure the iron ore supply chain to stay firmly for ...
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It is learned that some Japanese blast furnace mills are thinking of skipping hot rolled coils (HRC) shipment in July. Their strategy is to put turbulence in contract prices for Korea in order by deferring shipment by one month, to rebuild ...
China Steel Corp. (CSC), the major blast furnace mill in Taiwan, has announced its combined sales revenue in May was NT$29.192 billion, decreasing by 1% M-O-M. CSC's carbon steel sales quantity in May was 779,000 tons, also down by 4% from ...
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It's reported that the Korean steel giant Posco announced to fire its No.1 blast furnace at its Gwangyang works in Korean after the company has completed the plant upgrading for more than 3 months on Friday. After the upgraded project, ...
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In the just concluded 112th Concours Lepine, Baosteel's 10 displayed inventions win 2 golden awards, 5 silver awards and 3 bronze awards, which ranks first among the domestic exihibitors. Concours Lepine is one of the three largest world ...
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