Prices for hot-rolled and cold-rolled coil in the US are expected to bottom out by the end of the year, sources said Tuesday. Platts maintained its daily HRC and CRC assessments at $360-$370/st and $490-$500/st, respectively. Both prices ...
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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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Steel markets in China showed little reaction to the central bank's third interest rate cut in six months Sunday, May 10, with some citing the small magnitude of change as a reason. Spot offers for 18-25 mm diameter HRB400 rebar, a key ...
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Global steel giant ArcelorMittal has announced that its European unit is providing 310,000 mt of hot rolled coils (HRC) from its production site in Bremen, Germany, more than one third of all the hot rolled coils needed for the Trans ...
Tags: oil, gas industry, Metallurgy
AK Steel provided guidance for its fourth quarter 2014 financial results, indicating that, despite incurring approximately $31 million in costs associated with a planned Ashland Works blast furnace outage, the company expects to report ...
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AK Steel provided guidance for its fourth quarter 2014 financial results, indicating that, despite incurring approximately $31 million in costs associated with a planned Ashland Works blast furnace outage, the company expects to report ...
Tags: expenses pertaining, shipment, Metallurgy
In the January-September period of the current year, China's crude steel output amounted to 618.00 million mt, up 2.3 percent year on year, as announced by China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC). The growth rate in ...
In the January-August period of the current year, China's crude steel output amounted to 550.10 million mt, up 2.6 percent year on year, as announced by China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC). The growth rate in question ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, Crude Steel, Steel
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
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 the January-July period of the current year, China's crude steel output amounted to 480.76 million mt, up 2.7 percent year on year, as announced by China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) on August 25. The growth rate ...
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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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In the January-June period of the current year, China's crude steel output amounted to 411.91 million mt, up three percent year on year, as announced by China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) on July 28. The growth rate ...
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Indonesia-based steelmaker PT Krakatau Steel (Persero) Tbk (PT KS) has announced that it has signed an agreement with its subsidiary PT Krakatau Engineering and German plantmaker SMS Siemag for the construction of a 1.5 million mt hot strip ...
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According to a report released by the South East Asia Iron and Steel Institute (SEAISI), in 2013 China overtook Japan as the biggest source of steel imports of ASEAN (Association of South East Nations) countries, with a market share of ...
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