Industry News: Steel Production

Praxair-Linde: Details of divestments in India emerge from CCI
Wed, 19 Sep 2018 03:10:00 GMT
With steel production contributing almost 2% to the countrys ... with final approval in six countries/regions (US, South Korea, China, Brazil, Chile and Argentina) still pending. There is no closing ...


Brazil agrees 217 MW of wind to begin operations
Tue, 18 Sep 2018 03:32:00 GMT
Renewables Now reported that Brazilian power sector regulator Aneel has in recent days allowed eight wind power plants with a combined capacity of 217.4 MW to start commercial or test operations ...


Chinese aluminum smelters cut output in August as costs mount
Mon, 17 Sep 2018 00:41:00 GMT
Mr Victor You, an analyst at CLSA in Hong Kong, said he had heard of aluminum production cuts being made in central Chinas Henan province, which he described as traditionally a very high-cost ...


Chinas 2018/19 rice production forecast to decrease from last ...
Sun, 16 Sep 2018 06:45:16 GMT
Rice is produced almost everywhere in China, but the major production regions are in Heilongjiang (20 percent), Hunan (20 percent), Sichuan ... Global oil prices may rise further World steel productio...


Exclusive: In bold bet, China may let provinces set own winter ...
Tue, 11 Sep 2018 02:01:00 GMT
The city of Tangshan, China's top steelmaking hub ... down from a 5 percent cut outlined in the draft plan. Steel and industrial raw material prices fell on news of the potentially looser output cuts. ...


Shanghai rebar hits two-week high amid Tangshan output cuts
Mon, 10 Sep 2018 15:23:00 GMT
Tangshan said last week it will extend summer output cuts across the steel, coke and power sectors into September. The market remained focused on the production curbs in the steel industry in ...


Iron ore prices are still climbing
Sun, 09 Sep 2018 14:40:00 GMT
Anti-pollution measures in Tangshan came back as the market expected, thus steel output in September is unlikely to see big increase, analysts at CITIC Futures said in a note seen by Reuters - . Tangsh...


China's August iron ore imports slip as smog curbs hit steel ...
Sat, 08 Sep 2018 01:00:00 GMT
Steel mills reduced their replenishing demand ... The countrys main steelmaking hub, Tangshan city, said this week it would continue to carry out production restrictions in September.


NUST MISiS laboratory develops innovative steel grades for OEMK
Fri, 07 Sep 2018 00:00:00 GMT
The steelmaking laboratory of the A.A. Ugarov Stary Oskol Technological Institute, a branch of the National University of Science and Technology MISiS (NUST MISiS), launched at OEMK (part of Metalloinvest), has begun developing new steel grades. The laboratory is conducting experimental smelting in a new vacuum induction melting furnace with a maximum capacity of 60 kg. The laboratory enables its operators to efficiently conduct experimental smelting in small volumes, which is impossible in ...


Dalian coking coal extends gains as smog crackdown tightens supplies
Thu, 06 Sep 2018 03:13:00 GMT
Prices for the steel raw material remained strong even after Chinas top steelmaking city extended output curbs on heavy industry for another month. The city of Tangshan said on Wednesday it ...


ArcelorMittal reaches deal with unions over Italy's Ilva: Sources
Thu, 06 Sep 2018 00:00:00 GMT
ArcelorMittal signed a preliminary deal last year to buy Ilva, which has the largest steel-producing capacity in Europe, but the accord was thrown into doubt by Italy's new, anti-establishment government when it took office in June.


Dalian iron ore extends gains despite Tangshan output curbs
Wed, 05 Sep 2018 21:22:00 GMT
Output curbs at steel mills will typically limit the demand for raw steelmaking ingredients, which could hurt iron ore prices. The city of Tangshan said on Wednesday it will continue to carry out ...


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