According to a new market report published by Persistence Market Research “Global Market Study on Graphite: Battery Segment To Witness Highest Growth by 2020”, the global graphite market was valued at USD 13.62 billion in 2013 ...
Between January and August 2014, China shipped 5.4 million tons of rolled steel to Latin America, 54 percent more than the 3.5 million metric tons in the same period in 2013, Alacero reported this week. Alacero said the demand for steel ...
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Korean automaker Kia announced it will invest more than US$2.5 billion with their suppliers in Nuevo Leon, as Ternium is ready to supply steel to them. The company will build an assembly plant in the town of Pesquería, which is ...
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Techint, which owns Mexico Ternium, TenarisTamsa, and Tecpetrol, is reportedly contemplating an expansion of its Pesquería Industrial Center Ternium, in Nuevo León state,in order to satisfy the demand for steel that will grow ...
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Russian steelmaker Severstal has announced that it has commissioned the Balakovo long product mill project in the Saratov Region. The cutting-edge mill, which will produce long products for the construction industry, represents Severstal's ...
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According to its financial results according to US GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles) for the second quarter and the first half of 2014, Russian steelmaker NLMK registered a net profit of $158 million in the second quarter, ...
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International credit rating agency Fitch Ratings has affirmed Brazil steelmaker Gerdau’s rating at BBB-, with a stable perspective, it said recently. The rating is based on Gerdau’s “position as the leading ...
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Japanese steelmaker Kobe Steel Ltd (Kobe) has issued its financial results for the first quarter ended June 30 of the fiscal year 2014-15. For the given period, Kobe Steel has reported a net profit of JPY 22.9 billion ($222.3 million), ...
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Prices of imported iron ore in China have continued to decline since the start of the summer, while domestic crude steel output is still at high levels amid increases in steel exports, though domestic demand for steel products has remained ...
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India's state-owned steelmaker Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) has announced that it sold 1.06 million mt of finished steel products in May this year, registering year-on-year growth of 11 percent. In the given month, the company's ...
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Import iron ore prices in China have undergone two rounds of declines so far in the current year, China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) said in a statement issued on May 28. By March 10, import iron ore prices in China ...
Gross steel production at Spanish plants was likely 1.2 million mt in April, a decrease of 9.3% year on year weighed down by the Easter holiday effect, Union de Empresas Siderurgicas, or UNESID, said in a note late Tuesday. The figure is ...
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In its financial results according to US GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles) for the first quarter of 2014, Russian steelmaker NLMK Group's net profit increased by 359 percent compared to the first quarter of the previous year ...
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Egypt's largest steelmaker Ezz Steel has announced its financial results for 2013, reporting a net profit of EGP 134 million ($18.8 million), significantly increasing compared to EGP 8 million in the previous year. The company's sales ...
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The world's second biggest steelmaker Japan-based Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. (NSSMC) has announced its financial results for the full financial year 2013-14 ended March 31, posting a net profit of JPY 242.75 billion ($2.4 billion), ...
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