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                            Date:2012/12/21
                            Chinese Shangang planned to commission the first phase of its steel long product plant with annual production of 1 million tons in Xinjiang Uyghur autonomous region.The construction of the new plant was completed recently and the 1,080 cubic meter bl... 
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                            Date:2012/12/19
                            The China Iron and Steel Association (CISA) has stated that in early December (Dec. 1-10) this year the average aggregate daily crude steel output of its member steel enterprises in China totaled 1,656,900 mt, up 0.98 percent compared to late Novembe... 
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                            Date:2012/12/20
                            Chung Hung Steel, the subsidiary of Taiwan's China Steel Corp. has announced its November sales revenue totaled NT$3.124 billion, decreasing by 2.7% from a month ago. However, Chung Hung Steel said that its shipping volumes in November basically... 
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                            Date:2012/12/19
                            Dashihe iron ore mine owned by Shougang Mining Co., a subsidiary of Beijing-based Chinese steelmaker Shougang Group, achieved a raw iron ore output of 393,000 mt in November of the current year, down 4.82 percent compared with 412,900 mt in October, ... 
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                            Date:2012/12/20
                            According to the statistics released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), China’s crude steel output totaled 54.471 million tons in November, soaring by 13.7% year on year while falling by 1.625 million tons from a month ago.In November, the c... 
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                            Date:2012/12/19
                            Metallurgical coke has not been included in the 2013 Tariff Practices Provisions published by China’s Ministry of Finance on December 17, indicating China’s cancellation of coke export duty for 2013. In 2012, the export duty on coke and semi-coke in ... 
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                            Date:2012/12/20
                            Recently, China’s export prices of steel plates to Taiwan have kept increasing.This week, a Taiwanese buyer was informed by a trader that the Chinese steel plate prices would rise further by US$10/ton after a rise of US$10/ton in last week.At present... 
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                            Date:2012/12/19
                            In November this year, the total crude steel output of Chinese steelmakers amounted to 57.471 million mt, up 13.7 percent year on year but down 1.625 million mt compared to October, according to figures released by China’s National Bureau of Statisti... 
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                            Date:2012/12/18
                            Dragon Steel, the subsidiary of China Steel Corp. (CSC) announced to delay the commission of its No. 2 blast furnace (BF) to next March. In fact, the company previously planned to put the No. 2 BF into operation by end of this year. However, it decid... 
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                            Date:2012/12/18
                            Yunnan Province-based Chinese steelmaker Kunming Iron & Steel Group Co. Ltd. (KISC) has announced that it plans to issue short-term bonds worth RMB 1 billion ($160 million) on December 21. The period of issuance of the short-term bonds is one yea... 
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                            Date:2012/12/18
                            According to statistics, Taiwan imported 15,082 tons of stainless steel scraps in November, decreasing substantially from 26,000 tons in October. The average import prices were at NT$52,871/ton, up slightly by NT$71/ton from a month ago.In October, t... 
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                            Date:2012/12/17
                            According to the China Urban Rail Transit Development Report released by the transportation department of China’s National Development and Reform Committee (NDRC) on December 14, investment in 2012 in construction of urban rail transit projects or me... 
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                            Date:2012/12/18
                            It’s reported that Wuhan Iron and Steel Group Corporation (Wisco) released its list prices for next January.Wisco decide to raise its list prices for hot rolled steel and cold rolled steel by RMB60/ton and RMB50~RMB100/ton averagely for next January.... 
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                            Date:2012/12/14
                            In November this year, Indian steel producer JSW Steel’s crude steel production remained almost stable compared to November 2011.   JSW produced 603,000 mt of crude steel in the given month, compared to 601,000 mt in November 2011. During Novemb... 
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                            Date:2012/12/13
                            China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOC) has announced that during last week (December 3-9) the average steel price in China increased by 0.1 percent compared to the previous week. In particular, in the given week prices of 12 mm diameter rebar and 6.5 mm ... 
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                            Date:2012/12/18
                            As of December 14, total iron ore inventory at 30 major Chinese ports amounted to 75.87 million mt, down 1.96 million mt week on week, constituting the seventh consecutive week-on-week decline, according to China’s National Bureau of Statistics. The ... 
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                            Date:2012/12/14
                            Inner Mongolia-based Chinese steelmaker Baotou Iron and Steel Co. (Baogang Group) has signed a contract with Germany-based Siemens Group for the supply of a quenching line for its steel rails with an annual capacity of 400,000 mt, as announced by Bao... 
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                            Date:2012/12/13
                            The Chinese steel giant Baosteel announced to raise its list prices for most steel flat products by RMB100/ton for next January.Besides, the company also increased the January list prices for some non-oriented silicon sheets by RMB50~RMB150/ton.Howev... 
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                            Date:2012/12/18
                            Major Chinese steel producer Hebei Iron and Steel Co. Ltd announced on December 14 that its application for a bond issue worth a maximum of RMB 5 billion ($801 million) has been approved by China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC).   In lin... 
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                            Date:2012/12/14
                            WISCO Heavy Industry Group Co, a subsidiary of Wuhan Iron and Steel Group Corporation (Wisco) inked agreement with France-based Fives Group for a joint venture.It’s known that Fives Group is a global leading industrial engineering company, mainly sup...