The payoff of Taiwanese fastener makers' effort on going upmarket is a major growth drive for the industry's sustainable development (in the photo are the high-strength, quality-approved bolts and fixings for rail construction). Although ...
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Seaborne iron ore prices reached a new historic low Tuesday as the Platts 62% Fe Iron Ore Index, or IODEX, lost $0.75/dmt on the day to reach $44/dmt CFR North China. It is the lowest point the IODEX has been since Platts' began spot ...
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In September this year, Turkey's crude steel output decreased by 3.1 percent year on year and was down by 0.3 percent compared to August to 2.89 million metric tons, according to the Turkish Iron and Steel Producers' Association (TCUD). In ...
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Russian steelmaker NLMK has announced that it has upgraded air-blowing equipment used in blast furnace operations in Lipetsk. This upgrade will enable NLMK to reduce its environmental footprint and save approximately RUB 210 million ($5.3 ...
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In August this year, Turkey's crude steel output increased by 13.9 percent year on year and was up by 2.8 percent compared to July to 2.9 million metric tons, according to the Turkish Iron and Steel Producers' Association (TCUD). In the ...
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The China Association of Metalscrap Utilization has been lobbying the central government to lower the 17% tax on steel scrap sales to help increase its utilization in steelmaking, CAMU Secretary General Li Shubin said at the 7th China ...
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In July this year, Turkey's crude steel output increased by one percent year on year but was down by 4.7 percent compared to June to 2.82 million metric tons, according to the Turkish Iron and Steel Producers' Association (TCUD). In the ...
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Evraz ZSMK, a Siberian steel division of steel and mining group Evraz, has announced that has launched a pulverised coal injection unit for two of its blast furnaces. The unit's productive capacity amounts to 160 mt of pulverised coal fuel ...
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ArcelorMittal Temirtau, the largest metallurgical enterprise in Kazakhstan, has stated that it intends to continue updating its production capacities. Accordingly, the construction of a gas cleaning system for converter No. 3 and ...
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In the first four months of this year, Turkey's scrap imports decreased by 1.3 percent to 6.15 million mt, valued at $2.35 billion, down five percent, both year on year, according to the report released by the Turkish Iron and Steel ...
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In April this year, Turkey's crude steel output decreased by 9.1 percent year on year and by 7.9 percent month on month to 2.62 million metric tons, according to the Turkish Iron and Steel Producers' Association (TCUD). In the given month, ...
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Altos Hornos de México (AHMSA) successfully completed the reconstruction in one of their blast furnaces this week, with an investment of US$7.6 million. The project interconnects the systems hot and cold air, gas collection and ...
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In the first quarter this year, French crude steel output increased by 2.9 percent year on year to 4.09 million mt, according to the latest data released by the French Steel Federation (FFA). Meanwhile, in March this year, French crude ...
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Russian steelmaker NLMK Group has announced? that it has started hot testing the second pulverized coal injection (PCI) unit in its blast furnace operations at the main production site in Lipetsk (Novolipetsk). The company has started ...
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US investment bank Goldman Sachs said Wednesday it has upgraded its three-month and six-month nickel price forecasts on the back of the Indonesian ban on nickel ore exports. The bank notes that following a fragmented Indonesian election ...
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