02.7.09 16:56 | Zhongyue Tinplate (China) to expand capacity Flat Products Chinese producer Zhongshan Zhongyue Tinplate Industrial Co (Zhongyue Tinplate) plans to expand its capacity in 2011 from 500,000 tpy to 700,000 tpy by ... |
02.7.09 16:44 | Svobodny Sokol (Russia) launches BF Pig Iron Russia's Svobodny Sokol set to operation its BF No.1 (70,000t per month) on June 28. The unit was stopped at ... |
02.7.09 16:44 | Volga-FEST (Russia) increases production to traditional levels Long products,Steel Semis Russia’s Volga-FEST plans to raise its July output to the traditional levels: the target for merchant square billet is set about 24,000t, more than doubling June output. |
02.7.09 15:24 | US pig iron market: some consumers resume purchases Pig Iron After the six-months lull in the US pig iron market, some consumers decided to replenish their stocks. This was caused by a slight revival in finished product market ... |
02.7.09 14:49 | JPMC (Jordan) to scale up pipe production to 2,000t per month Tubes & Pipes The Jordan Pipes Manufacturing Co. (JPMC) plans to increase production of hollow sections to 2,000t per month during H2. According to a company source ... |
02.7.09 13:52 | Iranian market for billet revives Steel Semis The Iranian market for square billet – quiet during the period of elections - has finally rebounded. Having raised prices by $15-20/t in a week, suppliers of CIS billet ... |
02.7.09 13:24 | CIS billet exporters up prices by $5/t at Black Sea, by $5-10/t at Caspian ports Steel Semis Export prices for CIS square billet continue rising. The lower end of the price range at the Black Sea ports have gone up by $5/t. Besides, suppliers at ... |
02.7.09 13:18 | Export prices of U.S. Steel Serbia hike by EUR 20-30/t Flat Products Surge of prices for flat products triggered buyers' activity in Balkans, and this fact encouraged regional suppliers, including U.S. Steel Serbia. |
02.7.09 13:07 | SE Asia: plate slabs rise $30-40/t Steel Semis Suppliers of slabs have responded to the surge of demand for flats in SE Asia rather confidently, raising prices $30-40/t from end-May levels. |
02.7.09 13:02 | Italy: import longs and semis add another $10-15/t Long products In Italy, foreign suppliers of longs and semi-products continue to raise their quotations systematically, in spite of the fact that market is still weak... |
02.7.09 12:25 | Iran: rebar prices grow again Long products After a silence, caused by political instability, buyers in Iran became active again, which immediately encourages rebar producers to ... |
02.7.09 12:12 | Yenakievo SW lags behind June target Long products Ukraine’s Yenakievo Steel Works was unable to reach its June production target for crude steel and steel products due to forced outage of its conticasters ... |
02.7.09 11:45 | Far East: Japanese scrap prices slightly hike Scrap Far Eastern market for scrap shows lower activity in early July. Some steelmakers traditionally reduce production in summer due to seasonal decline of consumer activity. |
02.7.09 11:40 | Icdas (Turkey) postpones investment project Flat Products Icdas, Turkish producer of long products, postpones installation of a 1 mtpy plate rolling mill. Earlier, the company planned to start production of plate in ... |
02.7.09 11:38 | Dongbu Steel (South Korea) puts new equipment on line Flat Products South Korea's Dongbu Steel put into operation a new 3 mtpy steelmaking complex (two 160t EAFs, two ladle furnaces, two slab conticasters) and a continuous hot-rolling ... |
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