While Chinese ferrosilicon offers remained high from rising Chinese semi-coke prices, offers heard have moved lower in Japan on thin trade, sources said. The Chinese 75% Si ferrosilicon price assessment was unchanged week on week at ...
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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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Australia-listed Stanmore Coal has appointed mining contractor Golding to restart production at its Isaac Plains mine in the first half of 2016, the miner said in a statement to the Australian Securities Exchange Thursday. Stanmore ...
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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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Rebar prices kept unchanged in Mexico through October, although producers continue to be assertive about hiking prices, sources in the domestic market said. Reported offers, bids and deals led Platts to maintain its Mexican domestic rebar ...
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West coast Indian miner Fomento Resources has offered a cargo of 57%-Fe iron ore fines material through a spot tender Thursday, making this the first iron ore shipment the miner will send out of Goa after the state's mining bans were ...
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Affected by a variety of factors, including fallout from the Greek debt crisis, slowing growth in China coupled with its recent stock market slump, steady displacement of Taiwanese suppliers by mainland Chinese counterparts, sagging ...
China will accelerate the overhaul of its overly-invested iron and steel sector to bring it back to a "basically balanced level" by 2017, the industry ministry said. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) said it would ...
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Chinese steelmakers are facing more headwinds this year as economic growth slows and need government support to tackle long-term overcapacity, the chairman of Anshan Iron & Steel Group said. China's steel sector has been struggling with ...
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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 ...
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Although dwindling domestic demand and excess capacity have shrunk profit margins for most Chinese steelmakers, it has inspired some to tap overseas markets for sustained, long-term growth. Hebei Iron &Steel Co, China's second-largest ...
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The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) applauded Monday the Department of Commerce’s (DOC) decision to revoke the outdated “suspension agreement” with Russia, which has prevented antidumping duties from being imposed ...
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Dominican steelmakers Industrias Nacionales (Inca) and Metaldom completed their merger, the companies said Wednesday, and will now be known as Gerdau Metaldom. According to Gerdau, which controls 79.97 percent of Inca, "the first ...
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According to the China Iron and Steel Association (CISA), in the January-August period this year the overall sales revenues of China's 88 large and medium-size steelmakers - all CISA members - totaled RMB 2.4142 trillion ($393.19 billion), ...
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The spot price of South Africa-origin charge chrome (48-52% Cr) was assessed by Platts at 79-80 cents/lb CIF on Friday, down from 80-81 cents/lb CIF China a week ago, on slow demand and ample supply. A deal was confirmed at 80 cents/lb ...
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