LISCO (Libya) to expand DRI capacity DRI & HBI / North Africa Libyan Iron and Steel Company (LISCO) plans to build another DRI module to increase its capacity...
Al Nasser Industrial (UAE) to launch DRI module DRI & HBI / Middle East Al Nasser Industrial (UAE) plans to commission a DRI module in May-June 2010 at Emirates Steel Establishment plant...
26.2.2010 13:45
Global HBI market: will prices grow further? (Editor's Choice) DRI & HBI / South Europe The global HBI market is seeing a slight revival in late February. Some exporters have already started selling March production of the material, while others are holding off from making new contracts, watching the market developments ...
25.2.2010 13:41
Venezuelan HBI market sees limited supply DRI & HBI / South America The Venezuelan HBI market is moderately active amid limited supply of the material. Last year, the Venezuelan government nationalized and restructured the HBI segment so that the material is being sold...
Prices climb in Russia's export HBI market DRI & HBI / CIS Prices are growing in Russian export market for hot briquetted iron to be produced in March. Russian suppliers have sold most of “March” material in spot market to European customers at...
23.2.2010 16:22
Indian DRI market: prices drop but expected to rise again (Editor's Choice) DRI & HBI / India Demand from local steelmakers is rather stable in Indian DRI market in late February. However, prices for the material have considerably fallen this month compared with the previous one...
22.2.2010 18:08
Mediterranean HBI suppliers expect price growth DRI & HBI / Middle East The largest Mediterranean HBI suppliers expect prices for the material to grow in March. The expectations are based on concerns about iron ore price hike for long-term contracts, which may also be revised...
Russian export market for HBI seeing growth of prices DRI & HBI / CIS Prices are growing in the Russian export market for hot briquetted iron in January due to increased quotations of substitute materials and higher prices for finished products on most export destinations...
25.1.2010 10:29
LebGOK (Russia) to cut HBI output in January DRI & HBI / CIS Russia’s Lebedinsky GOK (LebGOK) will not reach its HBI production target in January. The company’s HBI shop No.2 is working at lowered rates ...
19.1.2010 17:40
India: prices for HBI and DRI growing DRI & HBI / India Prices for HBI and DRI have been rising in India since the beginning of the year due to increased quotations of scrap and finished products in the region ...
19.1.2010 16:08
Prices for HBI and DRI grow in India DRI & HBI / India Prices for HBI and DRI have been rising in India since the beginning of the year due to increased quotations of scrap and finished products in the region...
15.1.2010 16:25
Ezz Steel (Egypt) plans to build DRI plant DRI & HBI / North Africa Egypt’s Ezz Steel plans to build a DRI plant with a designed capacity of 1.9mtpy. In early January, Ezz Steel has signed contracts with Danieli and Tenova HYL...
8.1.2010 17:15
Global HBI prices on the rise (Editor's Choice) DRI & HBI / South Europe At the end of the last - beginning of the current year, the major HBI-importing markets saw a price rise. Following a surge in the price of the main substitute product – ferrous scrap, the majority of leading suppliers have taken the occasion to sell HBI at ...
India slightly raises DRI production in 2009 DRI & HBI / India India slightly increased DRI production in 2009. According to preliminary data, output of the material was about...
29.12.2009 16:13
Mediterranean suppliers increase HBI prices DRI & HBI / South Europe Mediterranean suppliers of hot briquetted iron have increased their offer prices in the second half of December amid considerably higher quotations of both scrap and pig iron in the region...
28.12.2009 18:05
FMO (Venezuela) increases HBI production DRI & HBI / South America Venezuela’s C.V.G. Ferrominera Orinoco (FMO) plans to slightly increase production of hot briquetted iron at Operaciones al Sur del Orinoco (Opco) in January...
25.12.2009 18:39
Russian HBI market: producers hold off from active trade DRI & HBI / CIS Russian exporters of are offering HBI not very actively at the moment. As usually, the deals for the next month’s HBI production were made in mid-November. In the second half of the month...
22.12.2009 16:20
Qatar Steel ups DRI production DRI & HBI / Middle East Qatar Steel plans to increase DRI production by 8% in December...
Offer prices rise in Venezuelan HBI market DRI & HBI / South America Offer prices are rising in the Venezuelan market for hot briquetted iron in late November. Most exporters have increased offers of the material by some $20/t...
25.11.2009 09:46
Russian export market for HBI: demand and prices rising DRI & HBI / CIS Buyer activity is growing in the export market for hot briquetted iron in the second half of November. Stronger demand for the material in Europe, Turkey and China has allowed ...
HBI world market: prices continue to drop DRI & HBI / Global Prices are falling in the world market for hot briquetted iron in early November. Few deals are reported in all countries, but there is no stable market, which consumes large amounts of the material. This has caused ...
