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                            Date:2013/06/20
                            As of June 17, inventory of iron ore at 25 major Chinese ports amounted to 74.66 million mt, indicating an increase of 230,000 mt or 0.31 percent compared to June 3, as announced by China's Xinhua News Agency.
As of the same date, the Xinhua-Chi... 
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                            Date:2013/06/20
                            As of the end of the second week of June, the composite steel price index for the Chinese domestic market issued by the China Iron and Steel Association (CISA) declined to below 100 points, indicating the lowest level since June 2009. As of the end o... 
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                            Date:2013/06/19
                            Taigang Stainless, the largest stainless steel producer in China announced to cut its export prices for austenitic stainless steel coils by US$50/ton in order to reflect weak nickel prices.After the adjustment, its export prices for 304 grades hot ro... 
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                            Date:2013/06/20
                            It’s reported that China’s Ansteel released its price for steel wire products for July.It’s learned that Ansteel decided to raise its prices for SAE1022 steel wires with diameters of 5.5mm-14mm by RMB80/ton while it remained the prices for all other ... 
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                            Date:2013/06/19
                            China's Ministry of Commerce (MOC) has announced that during last week (June 10-16) the average steel price in China decreased by 0.4 percent compared to the previous week.
In particular, in the given week prices of 140 mm x 80 mm x 5.5 mm I-bea... 
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                            Date:2013/06/17
                            According to reports, Hebei Steel Tangshan Steel successfully produced first batch of Q450NQR high strength weathering resistant steel, with high quality and performance.With high strength, low plasticity and high resistance against impact, this type... 
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                            Date:2013/06/20
                            According to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), China’s crude steel output totaled 67.03 million tons in May, increasing by 7.3% year on year.The China Iron & Steel Association (CISA) predicted that China’s crude steel prod... 
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                            Date:2013/06/18
                            According to the announced report from China Association of Automobile Manufacturers that China produced 1.7805 million vehicles in May and sold 1.7615 vehicles. The sales volumes were lower than those in April. The Taiwanese steelmaker said that the... 
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                            Date:2013/06/17
                            On June 13, Henan Province-based China Pingmei Shenma Group's subsidiary Jingbao Coking Co. commissioned its coke oven No. 1, which constitutes the first phase of its Pingdingshan Jingbao coking project, as reported by China Metallurgical Group ... 
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                            Date:2013/06/20
                            According to data, the stocks of stainless steel products totaled 128,442 tons in the Chinese Foshan market in the first 15 days of June, falling by 2.58% from the previous 15 days.Among them, 59,289 tons were cold rolled stainless steel products, ri... 
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                            Date:2013/06/18
                            Till the close of this week (June 14), the imported iron ore stockpiles at China's major ports posted at 71.94 million tonnes down 1.06 million tonnes from previous week out of which, total volume of iron ore for trades was 19.78 million tonnes ... 
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                            Date:2013/06/17
                            According to Taiwanese Ministry of Finance, Taiwan's export value of iron and steel and articles made from iron and steel amounted to USD 1.5 billion in May 2013, decreased by 3.6% compared to the same month of 2012 and up 6.2% MoM.In May, Taiwa... 
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                            Date:2013/06/20
                            China steel prices have dropped in spite of decreasing global output and easing oversupply, according to an article on the website of China Iron & Steel Association on Monday. The prices will fluctuate but largely remain low in the foreseeable fu... 
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                            Date:2013/06/18
                            It may be too early to start beating the drums of victory for free-market capitalism, but there are signs that China is stepping back from attempts to control the iron ore market. Just three months after accusing major iron ore producers of manipulat... 
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                            Date:2013/06/17
                            In May this year, the total industrial value-added output of China's large and medium-sized enterprises was up 9.2 percent year on year and 0.62 percent month on month, according to China's National Bureau of Statistics.
The year-on-year in... 
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                            Date:2013/06/19
                            China's coal imports, including lignite, fell 3.9 percent in May from a month ago as worries over import policies, high overseas prices and weak local demand curbed buyers' appetites, data from the China Coal Transport and Distribution Asso... 
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                            Date:2013/06/18
                            Liaoning Province-based Chinese steelmaker Bengang Steel Plates Co., a subsidiary of Benxi Iron and Steel (Group) Co., has announced it has halted its private placement of A shares.
In May 2011, Bengang Steel Plates had initiated its non-public A sha... 
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                            Date:2013/06/17
                            In May this year, China exported a total of 5.41 million mt of finished steel, down by 2.52 percent from April, but up by 3.44 percent year on year, as announced by the Chinese customs authorities. In April this year, China's finished steel expo... 
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                            Date:2013/06/19
                            In May this year, of 70 major Chinese cities surveyed, 65 cities saw higher prices in the new house market, three cities witnessed lower prices, while new house prices in the remaining two cities remained unchanged, all compared to April this year, a... 
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                            Date:2013/06/18
                            Austria-based plantmaker Siemens Metals Technologies has announced that it will supply a complete cold rolling complex for the Chinese steelmaker Tangshan Iron and Steel Group Co. The order is worth more than €100 million. The cold rolling compl...