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Date:2013/04/12
Nippon Steel & Sumikin Stainless (NSSC), the largest stainless steel producer in Japan announced to remain its list prices for ferritic and austenitic stainless steel sheets and plates unchanged for May deliveries.It’s known that NSSC decided to ...
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Date:2013/04/07
According to data released by the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI), the US’s weekly crude steel output totaled 1.819 million short tons in the week ended on March 30th, up by 0.6% from a week ago while falling by 8.2% year on year.In the give...
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Date:2013/04/09
It is reported that the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) announced to extend the import orders on certain welded carbon steel pipe from China should continue for another five years. Meanwhile, the CBSA and the Canadian International Trade Tribuna...
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Date:2013/04/12
India-based Jindal Stainless Limited (JSL) has announced that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with South Korean steelmaker POSCO to mutually cooperate with each other for long-term joint business opportunities. According to JSL...
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Date:2013/04/07
According to data released by the Korea Iron and Steel Association (Kosa), Korea’s production of ship plates and commodity grade plates produced by the three major steelmakers Posco, Dongkuk Steel Mill and Hyundai Steel totaled 1.47 million tons in F...
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Date:2013/04/09
It’s reported that the major construction steel producers in Korea including Hyundai Steel and Dongkuk Steel are mulling to ask government to initiate antidumping (AD) investigation on H-beam imports from China.The two major steelmakers’ total H-beam...
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Date:2013/04/11
It is reported that a fire accident on Tuesday has caused ArcelorMittal's works in Ghent, Belgium to shut down shortly. The company has also indicated to temporary close at the continuous slab caster No.2 of ArcelorMittal's works in Ghent. ...
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Date:2013/04/09
Turkish steelmakers imported 1,278,862 tons of scraps in February, decreasing by 15.6% from a month ago, according to data released by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK).In the first two months of this year, the country’s scrap imports amounted...
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Date:2013/04/11
Feng Hsin, one of the major steel long product makers in Taiwan announced to cut its rebar prices by NT$300/ton for this week on March 10th.In fact, the company previously determined to suspend offering prices for this week due to fewer working days ...
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Date:2013/04/03
According to report, Japan’s largest nickel producer and second-largest copper smelter, Sumitomo Metal Mining Co. may slash copper output by 3% in fiscal 2013.The refined copper production will be reduced to estimated 423,000 metric tons from 436,000...
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Date:2013/04/09
Ukraine exported 221,360 tons of pig iron in this February, soaring substantially by 59.1% from a month ago, according to statistics released by the metal trading enterprise Ukrainian Mining and Metallurgical Company (UGMK).In February, the country’s...
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Date:2013/04/11
It’s reported that the Korean re-rollers are trying to bid lower prices of Japanese–origin hot rolled coil (HRC) for May delivery since the weaker market demand. The Japanese HRC April shipments price was at US$$600~US$610/ ton FOB to Korean buyers. ...
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Date:2013/04/03
It’s reported that Posco P&S, a subsidiary of the Korean steel giant Posco purchased the Japanese scraps on March 28th, including Shindachi scraps with ￥39,800/ton C&F and P&S scraps with ￥39,500/ton C&F.Besides, Hyundai Steel also pu...
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Date:2013/04/09
Czech-based Evraz Vitkovice Steel, a subsidiary of Russian vertically-integrated steelmaking and mining company Evraz, has halted steel production at its Ostrava plant due to weak demand, according to media reports. Evraz Vitkovice expects the ...
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Date:2013/04/02
It’s reported that the Brazilian steelmaker Companhia Siderurgica Nacional (CSN) released its financial report for 2012 and the fourth quarter.CSN posted a net income of BRL316 million for the fourth quarter, slumping by 61.3% year on year. At the sa...
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Date:2013/04/03
Reportedly, North America Stainless, one of the major stainless steel producers in the US announced to raise its base prices for certain stainless angle products by 5%.It’s learned that the price rise is effective immediately on 304L and 316L grade a...
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Date:2013/04/02
According to data released by the American Iron and Steel Institute, the US’s stainless shipments totaled 157,759 tons in January, rising by 5,308 tons from a month ago while falling by 5.5% year on year.Among them, 9,441 tons were hot rolled (HR) st...
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Date:2013/03/28
Reportedly, Indonesian government announced to impose antidumping (AD) duty on imports of cold rolled coils and sheets from five countries, including China, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and Vietnam in order to protect local producers.It’s learned that ...
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Date:2013/04/02
Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal (NSSMC) announced that Nippon Steel & Sumikin Coated Sheet, its subsidiary, has finished the investment to a joint venture with BlueScope from Australia.NSSMC bought the 50% share of the joint venture from BlueSc...
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Date:2013/04/01
It’s reported that the H2 scrap prices in the Japanese Tokyo Bay region dropped by ￥500/ton to ￥33,500~￥34,000/ton FAS recently.Also, the prices of P&S scrap and Shindachi scraps decreased by ￥500/ton to ￥35,500~￥36,000/ton FAS.Accordingly, it’s ...