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Date:2013/04/27
It's reported that the average prices of Japanese H2 scrap in Kanto, Central and Kansai region were at ￥31,633/ton in the fourth week of April, falling by ￥653/ton from a week ago.Also, the H2 scrap average prices have fallen for consecutive thr...
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Date:2013/05/02
Rodex Fasteners Corp., one of the major stainless steel fasteners manufacturers in Taiwan said that its Taiwanese plant's sales profit will stay flat in the first quarter of this year.However, the rising demand from European market may help its ...
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Date:2013/04/23
It’s reported that Japan’s Tokyo Steel announced to cut its scrap purchasing prices by ￥500 at its four works from April 20th.After the adjustment, its H2 scrap purchasing prices averaged at ￥31,000~￥33,000/ton.Among them, the H2 scrap purchasing pri...
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Date:2013/04/26
It’s reported that the average prices of the US’s H1 scrap in Pittsburgh, Chicago and Philadelphia were at US$354.17/long ton on April 22nd, 2013, remaining flat from a week ago.Besides, the US H1 scrap average prices have kept unchanged for consecut...
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Date:2013/04/23
According to report, Egypt’s biggest steelmaker, Ezz Steel, said it sees its profits to rise in 2014 on new facilities which help to cut production costs.It is expected the new way of production will come with annual capacity of 1.8 million tons per ...
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Date:2013/04/26
It is reported that German ThyssenKrupp expected to seek a potential buyer for its grain-oriented electrical steel business.Meanwhile, the company’s grain-oriented plants in Gelsenkirchen in Germany, Isbergues in France and Nashik, India are with tot...
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Date:2013/04/22
According to statistics, Taiwan imported 27,457 tons of stainless steel scraps in March, soaring by 56% from a month ago. The average import prices were at NT$52,889/ton, increasing by NT$2,260/ton from February.In March, the US was the exporter of l...
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Date:2013/04/23
According to data released by the Brazilian Institute of Non-ferrous Metals (ICZ), Brazil’s nickel output totaled 3,547 tons in March, falling by 45.5% year on year.In March, the country’s nickel exports totaled 2,801 tons, decreasing by 5.7% from a ...
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Date:2013/04/22
Reportedly, the current prices of SS400 hot rolled coils (HRC) with sizes of 3.0mm*1,250mm*C in Malaysia is at about US$810~US$825/ton, remaining unchanged from last week.The market shows a sign that the price may remain stable in the short run due t...
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Date:2013/04/18
According to statistics released by the Newcastle Port Corporation, the Port of Newcastle’s coal exports totaled 3.1 million tons in the week ended on April 15th, rising by 20.9% form a week ago.In the first 15 days of April, the Port of Newcastle ex...
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Date:2013/04/22
According to data released by the Korean Iron and Steel Association (KOSA), Korea’s exports of hot rolled (HR) stainless steel plates totaled 47,441 tons in March, falling by 18.5% from a month ago and decreasing by 6.9% year on year. Meanwhile, the ...
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Date:2013/04/18
It is reported that the Iraq and Jorden planned to sign the agreement for new oil and natural gas projects. The total investment was worth about US$18 billion which was signed between the two nations. Meanwhile, the schedule for the construction expe...
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Date:2013/04/19
Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. (NSSMC) announced to leave its contract prices for H-beam unchanged for April.Previously, NSSMC planned to raise its H-beam contract prices by a total of ￥10,000/ton in the first half of fiscal year 2013/14 (du...
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Date:2013/04/18
It’s reported that ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih, a subsidiary of the steel giant ArcelorMittal in Ukraine produced 1.613 million tons in the first quarter of this year, rising by 9.7% year on year.In the first three months of this year, the company’s out...
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Date:2013/04/19
According to data released by the French steel federation (FFA), France’s crude steel output totaled 1.34 million tons in March, falling by 9.6% year on year.In March, the country’s crude steel production from electric arc furnaces (EAF) totaled 470,...
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Date:2013/04/17
It’s reported that the Russian mining and steel company Mechel released its financial result for 2012.In 2012, Mechel realized a net loss of US$1.66 billion, slumping from a net profit of US$727.9 million in a year ago.Besides, the company’s operatin...
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Date:2013/04/19
The US Department of Commerce (DOC) announced to begin an antidumping duty (AD) investigation on imports of diffusion-annealed, nickel-plated flat-rolled steel products from Japan, in response to the petition submitted by Ohio-based Thomas Steel Stri...
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Date:2013/04/17
It’s reported that AK Steel announced to raise its base prices for all 200, 300 and 400 grades flat-rolled stainless steel products, effective with shipments on May 6th, 2013.It’s known that the company will increase the base prices by reducing the f...
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Date:2013/04/19
According to the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI), the US steel mills’ shipments fell by 9% from a month ago in February.In February, the US steel mills’ shipments of carbon, alloy and stainless totaled 7.44 million short tons, decreasing fro...
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Date:2013/04/17
It’s predicted that Ukraine’s crude steel output would be at around 2.75 million tons in May, falling by 4.2% compared to March, according to the Ukrainian association of metal producers Metallurgprom.In addition, the country’s output of pig iron is ...