Steel Times International News
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Chinese stainless output up 12% in Q1
Production of stainless steel in China totalled 3.43Mt on a crude basis in Q1 2012, up 12% y-o-y, according to the Stainless Steel Council of China Special Steel Enterprises Association.
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ZincOx Korean recycling plant starts
UK based ZincOx say significant progress has now been made following some technical difficulties in starting their rotary hearth based process to treat EAF dust to recover both zinc and iron as hot briquetted DRI.
29 May 2012 -
Abundant European iron reserves and global demand drives production
Russia, Ukraine and, to a lesser extent, Sweden are set to benefit from a boom in demand for natural resources, as China looks willing to purchase all the iron ore that they can offer, according to natural resources experts GBI Research.
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NMDC-Severstal Karnataka JV in control dispute
A battle over control is understood to have hit the steel plant project of state-owned miner NMDC with Russia's second-biggest steel maker OAO Severstal .
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Chinese steel exports jump in first four months
China’s exports of finished steel for the period January to April grew 10.16% to 16.8Mt.
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Chinese ore imports grow 6.5% Jan-April
China’s imports of iron ore in the first 4-months 2012 reached 244.6Mt up 6.48% on the year previous.
29 May 2012
