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TISCO sees no change in steel output amid bumpy market

Shanxi Taigang Stainless Steel Co (TISCO), the listed arm of Taiyuan Iron & Steel Group Co, aims to produce 7.8 million tonnes of pig iron and 10.5 million tonnes of crude steel this year, the latter unchanged from last year, according to the company's 2017 annual report released on April

Da Ming to set up steel processing JV with Japan's Hanwa

Hongkong-listed Da Ming International Holding will set up a steel processing and distribution joint venture with Japan's trading company Hanwa Co to better share resources, optimize operations, and upgrade technology, according to a release by Da Ming on March 19.

NSSMC to start Wakayama blast furnace in FY2018?

Japan's largest integrated steel maker Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp (NSSMC) disclosed the latest timeline regarding the startup of a new 3,700 cu m blast furnace at its Wakayama steel works east of Osaka towards the end of the present fiscal year ending next March, but whether the commissionin

China's Jan import statistics of metallurgical products

China Key Special Steel Enterprises' steel output (Jan-Dec)

Total 113,833.95 106,404.90 7,429.05 6.98% 42,939.39 41,255.13 1,684.26 4.08% 1.1 ordinary non-alloy steel 11,371.35 11,038.55 332.79 3.01% 1.2 high-quality non-alloy steel 24,541.61 22,997.34 1,544.28 6.72% 1.3 special-quality non-alloy steel 7,026.43 7,219.24 -192.81 -2.67% 1.3.1 special carb

China Key Special Steel Enterprises' crude steel output (Jan-Nov)

Total 110,983.23 103,119.41 7,863.81 7.63% Bitmap Bitmap 44,655.02 40,562.42 4,092.59 10.09% 1.1 ordinary non-alloy steel 13,542.57 11,770.06 1,772.51 15.06% 1.2 high-quality non-alloy steel 24,946.09 22,312.00 2,634.09 11.81% 1.3 special-quality non-alloy steel 6,166.36 6,480.36 -314.01 -4.85%

Baosteel to shut down SS base in Shanghai in May

Baosteel Stainless Steel Co, now a subsidiary of China Baowu Group, will shut down all its stainless steel facilities in Shanghai by May 1, which is part of the company's location and steel products optimization plan over 2016-2020, a market source close to Baosteel shared on February 2.

China's Nov export statistics of metallurgical products

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DAILY: China's rebar price down further on slack demand

China's steel prices declined for the fourth consecutive day on December 28, with Mysteel's national average HRB 400 20mm rebar benchmark being down Yuan 29/tonne ($4.5/t) day on day to Yuan 4,464/t including 17% VAT as of Thursday amid the sluggish demand.

TISCO's stainless exports hit one million t for 2017

Taiyuan Iron and Steel Group (TISCO), a top stainless producer in North China's Shanxi province, had already exceeded its 1 million tonnes of stainless export target for 2017 by December 26, a company official confirmed on December 28.