WEEKLY: China's BF capacity use rises 4th week to 85.53%
Production activity among Chinese blast furnace (BF) steelmakers continued to grow this week as optimism still dominated the domestic steel market, Mysteel Global learned. The further gains in steel mills' profits also supported their output.
Apr 26, 2024 11:00
How did Indian steel, raw materials perform in FY'24?
Iron ore production rises amid crude steel output increase. Scrap imports fall amid cheaper domestic options. Prices may stay supported on firm demand expectations.
Apr 26, 2024 10:00
Survey: China's BFs maintenance 2024.04.26
Mysteel weekly survey of China's BFs maintenance. Note: 1. "daily molten iron output" refers to the averaged daily molten iron output over the weekly survey period from last Friday to this Thursday; 2. BF Operating Rate = number of BFs in operation/number of BFs surveyed; 3. Capacity Utilization R
Apr 26, 2024 08:35
Mysteel Daily Price Express 2024.4.25
Mysteel daily survey on China's ferrous market, covering major steel products prices and price indices of iron ore, coal and coke. Mysteel major steel products prices Mysteel iron ore price indices Mysteel coal and coke price indices Edited by Adele Pan, panqinjie@mysteel.com Disclaimer
Apr 25, 2024 19:26
Five South China regions' power use up 10.5% in Q1
In January-March, Guangdong, Hainan, Guangxi, Yunnan and Guizhou - five provinces and autonomous regions that receive electricity from China Southern Power Grid Corporation (CSG), one of China's two state-owned power companies - consumed a total of 366.3 billion kilowatt hours (kWh) of electricity,
Apr 25, 2024 15:55
China's fiscal revenue falls slightly faster in March
China's fiscal revenue declined at a slightly faster pace in March, with tax revenue falling more rapidly and land sales revenue resuming drops, while fiscal spending also fell, according to the latest data released by the Ministry of Finance.
Apr 25, 2024 14:00
Bangladesh forges ahead with green power initiatives to curb emissions
Strong emphasis being given to solar energy. Setting up of fresh coal-fired plants banned. More hydropower imports from Nepal planned.
Apr 25, 2024 08:30
Mysteel Daily Price Express 2024.4.24
Mysteel daily survey on China's ferrous market, covering major steel products prices and price indices of iron ore, coal and coke. Mysteel major steel products prices Mysteel iron ore price indices Mysteel coal and coke price indices Edited by Irene Zhuang, zhuangailing@mysteel.com Disc
Apr 24, 2024 19:23
Nippon Steel keeps domestic H-beam prices for April sales stable again
Japan's Nippon Steel has decided to hold domestic prices of its H-beams for retail sales this month (for rolling in May) unchanged from last month, even though the cost situation of domestic steelmakers has not changed, it announced on April 24. This means Japan's largest steelmaker has held its H-b
Apr 24, 2024 18:45
Russia to search for polymetallic ores in Siberia
The quality of polymetallic ores in the Zapadno-Zakharovskaya area of Siberia in Russia will be assessed within three years. This was announced at the TASS press centre by Alexey Partolin, head of the mineral resources department of the Siberian federal district, the rating agency Rusmet reported.
Apr 24, 2024 18:30
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