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Date:2014/01/03
Chinese steel futures edged up after touching a more than six-month low on Thursday, tracking other commodities, although signs of a slower economy and weaker demand limited gains.Growth in China's factories slowed slightly in December, as expor...
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Date:2014/01/07
It’s reported that the Taiwanese steel pipe makers announced to raise prices by NT$300~NT$500/ton for January in order to reflect higher input costs.Chung Hung Steel, the major upstream raw material supplier to the Taiwanese steel pipe producers anno...
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Date:2014/01/09
Tang Eng, one of the major stainless steel producers in Taiwan announced to raise its domestic prices for stainless hot rolled coils (HRC) and cold rolled coils (CRC) by NT$1,500/ton and NT$1,000/ton respectively for January in order to reflect highe...
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Date:2014/01/03
The State Council, China's cabinet, plans to cut 80 million metric tons of steel production capacity in five years, which is aimed at improving air quality and helping an industry hit hard by destructive competition.
"China should not add any si...
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Date:2014/01/07
According to the data from China Customs data, China’s seamless pipe export volumes increased by 8% from previous month to 247,542 tons. However, the increasing rate is not enough for the rate of increased production. The amount is about 10% than the...
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Date:2014/01/09
China steel futures dropped for the fourth straight session on Wednesday, touching another record low as demand in the world's top consumer weakens, weighing on raw material iron ore.The most active rebar futures on the Shanghai Futures Exchange...
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Date:2014/01/03
Dragon Steel, the subsidiary company of Taiwan's China Steel Corp., has announced to hike its square billet for Taiwan domestic market recently by NT$100/ton. After adjustment, Dragon Steel's latest price for rebar usage high tension with v...
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Date:2014/01/07
According to data released by China Customs, China’s exports of cold rolled coils (CRC) and sheets totaled 247,360 tons in November, decreasing by 14.5% from a month ago.In the January-November period, the country’s exports of CRC and sheets amounted...
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Date:2014/01/03
Hebei Iron & Steel Group chairman Mr Yu Yong extolled POSCO as a leading example of energy conservation and eco-friendly steel production, and a future role model for Chinese steelmakers. The Hebei Iron & Steel Group is the largest steelmaker...
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Date:2014/01/07
Shougang, one of the major steel producers in China planned to remain its crude steel output unchanged at 33 million tons in 2014 due to uncertainties on steel prices.Last year, Shougang’s crude steel output was at 33 million tons even though the com...
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Date:2014/01/02
It is reported that top Chinese steel mills are forced to cut output as the government looks to take more measures with tougher regulations to curb pollution.Falling production and a credit crunch have pushed mills to reduce purchases of raw material...
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Date:2014/01/02
Chinese iron ore futures inched down on the last day of 2013 after two consecutive days of gains, with concerns about supply disruptions in Australia and Brazil outweighed by a seasonal decline in demand in the world's biggest consuming country....
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Date:2014/01/02
It is said some of Taiwan's steel plate distributors has purchased carbon steel plates from China mills around middle to late December by confirmed price US$550/MT CFR to Taiwan; the purchase quantity might be limited, but it should be still goo...
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Date:2013/12/30
On December 22, 2013, Tangshan city launched III grade yellow warning response to heavy pollution weather and required related counties (districts) and enterprises to act strictly on Early Warning and Emergency Response Plan to Heavy Pollution Weathe...
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Date:2014/01/02
It is reported that Chinese Baosteel stainless steel announces its 304 cold rolled coil price about 16,000 yuan/ton; for hot rolled coil price of 14,900 Yuan/ton based on ex-factory price in January 2014.Meanwhile, Baosteel keep 430 cold rolled coil ...
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Date:2013/12/30
Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto still regarded China as the key driver of iron ore demand due to its continued growth and ongoing urbanization process.Mr Sam Walsh chief executive of the company, at a British Chamber of Commerce luncheon in t...
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Date:2013/12/31
Chung Hung Steel, one of the major carbon steel flat re-rolling mills in Taiwan, has announced to hike its new price for next January. The company will raise its new price by NT$300/ton for hot roll and cold roll coils and increased prices for galvan...
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Date:2013/12/30
The State Council, China's cabinet, plans to cut 80 million metric tonnes of steel production capacity in five years, which is aimed at improving air quality and helping an industry hit hard by destructive competition.Mr Li Xinchuang head of the...
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Date:2013/12/31
China Iron & Steel Association data showed that China's average daily crude steel output rose slightly over December 11-20 after falling for the previous three 10 day periods.Data showed that daily production inched up 0.06 percent to 2.014 ...
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Date:2013/12/30
Bloomberg reported that China estimates that growth slowed to 7.6% this year, with mounting challenges putting pressure on the nation’s traditional growth model of investment led spending.According to the official Xinhua News Agency, the calculation ...