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                            Date:2013/08/15
                            
It’s reported that Taiwan’s Ministry of Finance announced to set provisional antidumping (AD) duties of 20.5~46% on stainless cold rolled products from Korea and China, effective from August 15th.It’s learned that the provisional duties of 20.52% wil...
                         
                        
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                            Date:2013/08/19
                            
According to the Ukrainian association of metal producers Metallurgprom, in September this year Ukraine's crude steel production is expected to decrease by 5.1 percent compared to July to 2.670 million mt.
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                            Date:2013/08/14
                            
The United States International Trade Commission (USITC) confirmed last Friday that there are evidences showing that the imports of certain steel threaded rod from India and Thailand have materially injured a US industry by selling the products at le...
                         
                        
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                            Date:2013/08/19
                            
According to the preliminary data released by Statistics South Africa, in June this year the country's mining production decreased by 6.2 percent year on year, while the seasonally adjusted mining production index in June decreased by three perc...
                         
                        
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                            Date:2013/08/14
                            
It’s reported that Korean Posco P&S recently purchased scraps from Japan.It’s learned that the company bought a batch of Shindachi scraps and P&S scraps from Japan with prices of ¥37,800/ton C&F and ¥38,000/ton C&F.Meanwhile, these sc...
                         
                        
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                            Date:2013/08/19
                            
According to the State Statistics Committee of Russia (Russtat), in the first seven months of the current year Russia registered a 2.4 percent decline in its rolled steel product output to 33.8 million mt, a three percent decrease in its crude steel ...
                         
                        
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                            Date:2013/08/14
                            
Reportedly, the Korean blast furnace (BF) mills’ prices fell slightly in the second quarter of this year.It’s learned that Posco and Hyundai Steel’s domestic selling prices of hot rolled coils (HRC) averaged at KRW720,000/ton in the second quarter of...
                         
                        
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                            Date:2013/08/16
                            
Japan’s blast furnace (BF) mills planned to start tinplate price negotiation for the fourth quarter with Asian buyers.It’s said that the Japanese BF mills have sought to raise the tinplate prices due to higher hot rolled coil prices, in spite of slac...
                         
                        
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                            Date:2013/08/13
                            
China Steel Structure Corp. (CSSC), one of the subsidiary company of Taiwan's China Steel Corp. announced that the company's consolidated revenue in July totaled NT$1.906 billion, up by 3.3% month on month and increasing by 24.53% year on y...
                         
                        
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                            Date:2013/08/16
                            
It’s reported that the average prices of the US’s H1 scrap in Pittsburgh, Chicago and Philadelphia were at US$340.83/long ton on August 12nd, 2013, remaining flat from a week ago.Also, the H1 scrap average prices have kept unchanged for consecutive f...
                         
                        
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                            Date:2013/08/13
                            
It’s reported that Korean steelmaker Hyundai Steel announced to raise its rebar prices by KRW20,000/ton from August 14th, in order to reflect higher raw material costs, increase steel longs prices and tight supply.It’s known that the scrap prices hav...
                         
                        
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                            Date:2013/08/16
                            
According to Newcastle Port Corporation, Australian Port of Newcastle’s coal shipments totaled 2.96 million tons in the week ended on August 12nd, rising by 30.6% from a week ago.In the first twelve days of August, the Port of Newcastle’s shipments o...
                         
                        
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                            Date:2013/08/13
                            
It’s reported that the Indian state-owned miner National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC) released its financial result for the first quarter ended on June 30th of fiscal year 2013/14.In the first quarter of this year, NMDC’s net profit totaled...
                         
                        
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                            Date:2013/08/15
                            
The US’s scrap exports totaled 9.75 million tons in the first half of this year, decreasing by 3.85% year on year, according to data released by the US International Trade Commission (US ITC).In the first half of this year, Turkey was the largest imp...
                         
                        
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                            Date:2013/08/15
                            
It’s reported that India’s Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) announced that it has commissioned the country’s largest blast furnace (BF) at its Rourkela steel plant.SAIL expected its pig iron capacity will increase by 2.5 million tons per year ...
                         
                        
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                            Date:2013/08/12
                            
According to data released by the Korea Iron & Steel Association (KOSA), Korea’s production of hot rolled coils (HRC) totaled 16.28 million tons in the first half of this year, falling by 3% year on year.It’s said that the decrease in HRC output ...
                         
                        
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                            Date:2013/08/12
                            
Nippon Steel & Sumikin Stainless (NSSC), the largest stainless steel producer in Japan announced to remain its domestic prices for stainless cold rolled coils (CRC) and plates unchanged for August contracts.Also, the company has kept its prices f...
                         
                        
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                            Date:2013/08/09
                            
Uzhniy GOK (UGOK), one of the major iron ore and agglomerate producers in Ukraine announced that its iron ore concentrate output totaled 915,000 tons in July, rising by 3.9% year on year.Meanwhile, its agglomerate production was at 168,000 tons, fall...
                         
                        
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                            Date:2013/08/09
                            
According to data released by France’s Ministry of Economy, Finance and Industry, the country’s export values generated by basic steel products and ferroalloy products totaled €4.8 billion in the first half of this year, falling by 11.1% in compariso...
                         
                        
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                            Date:2013/08/06
                            
According to statistics released by the Ministry of Economy, Trade & Industry (Meti), Japans crude steel output is expected to reach 27.83 million tons in July-September, down slightly by 1% from a quarter ago and falling by 2% year on year.Meti ...