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  1. forum rang 10 voda 8 november 2016 16:54
    Indian steel consumption in Jan-Oct grows by 2.8% YoY

    Joint Plant Committee in its Secretary's DO report for October 2016 reported that India's crude steel production in January-October 2016 surged by 8.1% YoY to 56.251 million tonnes while finished steel consumption stood at 48.093 million tonnes up by 2.8% YoY although finished steel production for sale grew by 10.4% YoY to 57.51 million tonnes.

    Crude Steel:
    During April-October 2016-17, crude steel production was 56.215 million tonnes, a growth of 8.1% over same period of last year. SAIL, RINL, TSL, Essar, JSW & JSPL together produced 31.348 million tonnes during April-October. 2016-17, which was a growth of 14.4% compared to same period of last year. The rest i.e. 24.867 million tonnes came from the Other Producers, which was a growth of 1.2% compared to last year. Overall crude steel production in October 2016 (8.23 million tonnes) was up by 11.8% over October 2015 and by 2.3% over September 2016.

    Hot Metal
    During April-October 2016-17, hot metal production was 37.087 million tonnes, a growth of 8.5% over same period of last year. SAIL, RINL, TSL, Essar, JSW & JSPL together produced 30.393 million tonnes during April-October. 2016-17, which was a growth of 10.1% compared to same period of last year. The rest i.e. 6.694 million tonnes came from the Other Producers, which was a growth of 1.6% compared to last year. Overall hot metal production in October 2016 (5.435 million tonnes) was up by 13.1% over October 2015 and by 2.8% over September 2016.

    Pig Iron
    During April-October 2016-17, pig iron production for sale was 5.541 million tonnes, a decline of 1.5% over same period of last year. SAIL, RINL, TSL, Essar, JSW & JSPL together produced 0.568 million tonnes during April-October 2016-17, which was a decline of 21% compared to same period of last year. The rest came from the Other Producers, which was a growth of 0.4% compared to same period of last year. Overall pig iron production for sale in October 2016 (0.8 million tonnes) was up by 1% over October 2015 and by 0.6% over September 2016.

    Total Finished Steel: Production for sale
    Production for sale of total finished steel at 57.51 million tonnes, registered a growth of 10.4% during April- October 2016-17 over same period of last year. SAIL, RINL, TSL, Essar, JSWL & JSPL together produced 32.013 million tonnes during April-October 2016-17, which was a growth of 16.3% compared to same period of last year while production for the Other Producers was down by 1.3%. Overall finished steel production for sale in October 2016 (8.249 million tonnes) was up by 13.6% over October 2015 but was down by 2.5% over September 2016.

    Exports
    Export of total finished steel was up by 42.1% in April-October 2016-17 (3.566 million tonnes) over same period of last year. Exports in October 2016 (0.536 million tonnes) was up by 95% over October 2015 but was down by 18.2% over September 2016.

    Imports
    Import of total finished steel at 4.135 million tonnes in April-October 2016-17 declined by 40.2% over same period of last year. Imports in October 2016 (0.538 million tonnes) was down by 54.5% over October 2015 and by 12.4% over September 2016. India remained a net importer of total finished steel during April-October 2016-17.

    Consumption
    India’s consumption of total finished steel saw a growth of 2.8% in April-October 2016-17 (48.093 million tonnes) over same period of last year. Consumption in October 2016 (7.114 million tonnes) was down by 1.4% over October 2015 and was also down (by 0.5%) over September 2016.

    Source : JPC
  2. forum rang 10 voda 8 november 2016 16:56
    Steel sector expansion in Iran hinges on Sangan region development

    Financial Tribune quoted Mr Ali Seddiqifar MD of Sangan Iron Ore Complex as saying that the long term growth of Iran’s largest iron ore mineral zone located in the northwestern Khorasan Razavi Province and the realization of the ambitious expansion goals set for the sector require further development of Sangan region’s water and railroad infrastructures.

    The official was quoted by Iranian Mines and Mining Industries Development and Renovation Organization’s public relations office as saying that “SIOC’s development projects, when operational, will require at least 25 million cubic meters of water to function. Neither the region nor the province is capable of meeting this demand.”

    According to Seddiqifar, the company has taken measures to counter this deficiency. These measures include developing new technologies to reduce the plants’ water consumption, and purchasing industrial wastewater from nearby cities to be used by the industrial complex after treatment. The initiatives will only be short-term remedies, however, and the final solution requires the government’s support.

    Sangan is also in need of expanding its railroad transportation capacity from the current 8 million tonnes only 5 million tonnes of which are being utilized to 31 million tonnes by the time SIOC’s expansion plans are completed.

    Furthermore, the plants need to be connected to nearby cities such as Torbat-e Jam and also the country’s southern provinces.

    The official promised that “Companies that invest in Sangan’s railroad expansion will witness returns on their capital in less than two years.”

    Known as Iran’s Mineral Heaven, Sangan Mineral Zone is home to over 1.2 billion tonnes of estimated iron ore reserves and is expected to grow even more through explorations.

    Six mineral processing plants are under construction in the region with an annual production capacity of 17.5 and 15 million tons of iron ore concentrate and pellets respectively. Two of the plants with a total of 10 million-ton capacity are scheduled to be completed by the end of the current fiscal year (March 20, 2017), said the official, adding that the rest will become operational within the next three years.

    Based on the goals set in the 20 Year National Vision Plan (2005-25), the domestic steel industry is to boost its crude production capacity from the current 31 million tons to 55 million tons per year by the end of 2025.

    Source : Strategic Research Institute
  3. forum rang 10 voda 8 november 2016 16:57
    POSCO tops CSR ranking in China

    Korea Herald reported that POSCO was rated as the most socially responsible entity among steelmakers operating in China.

    Korea's largest steelmaker earned 80.6 points out of 100 in the corporate social responsibility assessment, conducted by the Chinese Academy of Social Science. POSCO said the score is the highest among steel and other metal processing firms active in the world's second-largest economy.

    Among 300 businesses included in the CASS evaluation, the company ranked 32nd.

    A POSCO official said that "It is meaningful that we have been recognized for a range of CSR activities we have implemented in China over the years. Our employees will make more efforts to identify the needs of local communities and launch community-specific volunteer activities to help people in need."

    For instance, POSCO China and other affiliates raised significant amounts of money to support earthquake victims in the Sichuan Province in 2008. In June this year, the steelmaker received an appreciation plaque from China's Red Cross for its continuing efforts to improve the livelihoods of the underprivileged in the country.

    Since 2009, CASS has been conducting its annual CSR assessment of the country's top 300 businesses, evaluating them in four categories: responsible management, market, society and environment.

    Source : Korea Times
  4. forum rang 10 voda 8 november 2016 17:01
    Brazil’s president delays pushing for new Vale CEO until next year

    Reuters reported that Brazilian President Mr Michel Temer will not push to replace the head of the nation's largest mining company, Vale SA, until the current executive's mandate expires in May.

    Mr Temer has been seeking a replacement for Chief Executive Murilo Ferreira, who was the preferred choice of impeached former President Dilma Rousseff and is considered by Mr Temer's camp to be too close to the previous administration.

    But the newspaper Folha de S.Paulo reported at the weekend, without citing sources, that Temer will not try to force Ferreira's early exit after coming up against resistance from state pension funds that have seats on Vale's board.

    Mr Temer's office did immediately responded to requests for comment and Vale said it would not comment on the report.

    A person with direct knowledge of the situation told Reuters last month that Mr Temer had met with the representative of an unnamed, major shareholder of Vale to discuss a potential change of command at the mining giant.

    The same person, who was briefed on the discussion, said the company's controlling shareholders would only agree to a change of leadership next year, when Ferreira's term ends, and under a selection process conducted by an executive recruitment firm. The government move to replace Ferreira is controversial.

    Vale, the world's largest producer of iron ore, is a private company that is supposedly free from state interference.

    However, Ferreira's predecessor, Roger Agnelli, was pushed out during Rousseff's first term after the government exerted pressure through state pension funds.

    The O Globo newspaper reported Sunday, without citing sources, that Mr Temer's preferred candidate to replace Ferreira is Nelson Silva, head of strategy and management at state-run oil company Petrobras.

    Petrobras' press team did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Reports earlier this year said Temer was being pressured to replace Ferreira by members of his party in the mining state of Minas Gerais, where Vale has large operations.

    Source : Reuters
  5. forum rang 10 voda 8 november 2016 17:06
    Iran to impose tariffs on iron ore export from March

    According to Mr Jafar Sarqeini Iran deputy minister of industries, mining and trade, export tariffs will be imposed on unprocessed iron ore shipments as of the next Iranian fiscal year (to start March 20, 2017). The official told Bourse Press that “The exact amount of the introduced tariff rates has not yet been specified.”

    According to Sarqeini, the move is aimed at boosting domestic steel production and creating more added-value for the economy.

    Government officials and miners have been locked in a heated debate over the issue of unprocessed mineral exports, especially iron ore for years. Lawmakers contend that Iran’s rising steelmaking capacity, which is expected to reach 55 million tonnes by the end of 2025, requires a steadily increasing feedstock of iron ore and that exporting the industrial material is against the industry’s interests.

    This is while Iranian iron ore miners, many of whom belong to the private sector and suffered during the 2015 commodity market recession, argue that now is the right time for iron ore exports.

    The spot iron ore price is up 60% this year, as Chinese iron ore futures climbed to their strongest level in more than two years on Friday, reflecting firm demand for the steelmaking material as steel prices stretched gains along with coal to multi-year highs.

    According to the Australian Financial Review, trading in the physical iron ore market was largely brisk this week, pushing the 62% spot benchmark to USD 64.50 per tonne on Thursday, up 0.2% from Wednesday and the strongest since April 29.

    According to Mr Qadir Qiafeh head of IROPEX, the Iranian Iron Ore Producers and Exporters Association intends to boost iron ore exports to 15 million tons by the end of the current Iranian year (March 20, 2017) before the new regulations take effect.

    Source : Financial Tribune
  6. forum rang 10 voda 8 november 2016 17:07
    Iron ore’s rally set to prompt more supply - Analysts

    The Australian reported that iron ore price has hit another new six-month high even as analysts warn that the four-week rally could provide an incentive for more supply, particularly from producers outside the biggest miners.

    Iron ore added 0.3% to USD 64.70 in the most recent session, according to The Steel Index, from USD 64.50 the previous day. The fresh increase extends the rally to a string of 20 sessions with only one decline, as it edges closer to its April 29 peak of USD 65.20.

    Iron ore has rallied along with the price of coking coal, another key steelmaking ingredient, while speculation is also thought to be exacerbating gains.

    Macquarie analysts warned that the surge could encourage marginal producers to restart mines that were uneconomic at lower prices. Macquarie said in a research note that “The longer prices stay above $US60 a tonne, the more supply we expect to see coming into the market within a short time frame, especially from India and Chinese domestic mines.”

    It said that “Iron ore imports from Australia (to China) in September were 60.4 million tonnes, up 8.4% year on year, and a record high. Arrivals from India have yet to pick up post monsoon season, at less than one million tonnes in September, but we expect to see them lift strongly in coming months. Chinese domestic iron ore supply is also strong in response to the price recovery.”

    Macquarie said that “But costs have also been increasing, and steel output in China will likely decline seasonally over the November to February winter.”

    The bank reaffirmed its forecast that iron ore prices will fall back towards the USD 50 a tonne level, which it says is sustainable on a fundamental basis through 2017.

    Source : The Australian
  7. forum rang 10 voda 9 november 2016 16:20
    Beursblik: ING haalt Aperam van kooplijst

    Koersdoel opwaarts bijgesteld.

    (ABM FN-Dow Jones) ING heeft woensdag het advies voor Aperam verlaagd van Kopen naar Houden, maar stelde wel het koersdoel opwaarts bij van 32,00 naar 42,00 euro.

    Analist Jaap Kuin van ING sprak van een drietal "fundamentele positieve punten" bij Aperam. Zo lijkt het dieptepunt van de Braziliaanse markt volgens de marktvorser bereikt en is er zelfs sprake van een opwaarts potentieel voor de lange termijn. Dit kan zorgen voor een verdere verbetering van de EBITDA-marges van Aperam, aldus Kuin.

    Verder bleek de marktvorser te spreken over de winstgevendheid van de producent van roestvast staal in Europa. De volumes trekken naar verwachting van de analist in het lopende kwartaal aan en ook toegenomen grondstofprijzen spelen Aperam in de kaart.

    Tot slot biedt een "sterke balans" volgens Kuin mogelijkheden voor overnames of het uitkeren van extra kapitaal aan aandeelhouders in de vorm van dividend of een inkoopprogramma van aandelen.

    Evenwel stelde de analist dat Aperam meer aanjagers nodig heeft om een koopadvies te kunnen verantwoorden.

    Op een rood Damrak koerste het aandeel Aperam woensdagochtend 0,7 procent lager op 40,21 euro.

    Door: ABM Financial News.

    info@abmfn.nl

    Redactie: +31(0)20 26 28 999

    Copyright ABM Financial News. All rights reserved

    (END) Dow Jones Newswires
  8. forum rang 10 voda 9 november 2016 16:20
    Beursblik: ING verhoogt koersdoel ArcelorMittal

    Advies blijft Houden.

    (ABM FN-Dow Jones) ING heeft woensdag het koersdoel voor ArcelorMittal verhoogd van 4,60 naar 5,70 euro met een ongewijzigd Houden advies.

    Het bedrijfsresultaat (EBITDA) van ArcelorMittal lag in het derde kwartaal met 1,9 miljard dollar 2 procent onder de consensusverwachtingen. Volgens analist Jaap Kuin verbeterde de winstgevendheid evenwel "sterk", hoewel de volumes aan de magere kant waren.

    Kuin houdt er evenwel rekening mee dat de marge weer zal terugvallen, als gevolg van hogere kosten voor steenkool en lagere Amerikaanse prijzen in het vierde kwartaal en 2017.

    ING denkt dat het bedrijfsresultaat van ArcelorMittal in 2017 op circa 6,5 miljard dollar zal uitkomen.

    Op een rood Damrak leverde het aandeel ArcelorMittal woensdag 1,5 procent in op 5,78 euro.

    Door: ABM Financial News.

    info@abmfn.nl

    Redactie: +31(0)20 26 28 999

    Copyright ABM Financial News. All rights reserved

    (END) Dow Jones Newswires
  9. forum rang 10 voda 9 november 2016 16:30
    Brussel stelt harde aanpak staaldumping voor

    Gepubliceerd op 9 nov 2016 om 14:18 | Views: 2.555

    BRUSSEL (ANP) - De EU-ministers van Handel buigen zich vrijdag over nieuwe voorstellen van de Europese Commissie om de industrie beter te beschermen tegen dumping van buitenlandse producten. Het gaat vooral om spotgoedkoop staal, met name uit China. EU-commissaris Cecilia Malmström (Handel) wil toe naar een ,,systeem zoals in de Verenigde Staten”, schrijft ze woensdag in een toelichting.

    De VS beboeten 'dumpstaal’ keihard. De meeste EU-landen willen notoire boosdoeners de duimschroeven aandraaien met hoge importheffingen, maar dat wordt door onder meer Nederland geblokkeerd uit angst voor protectionisme. Malmström wil een nieuwe rekenmethode invoeren voor de hoogte van de heffingen, waarbij voortaan ook staatssteun wordt meegewogen. Dat geldt dan voor alle landen die zijn aangesloten bij de Wereldhandelsorganisatie (WTO), ongeacht of ze een markt- of staatseconomie zijn.
  10. forum rang 10 voda 9 november 2016 16:41
    Trucker killed at ArcelorMittal Burns Harbor steel mill identified

    NWI Times reported that authorities have identified the semi-truck driver who was killed at ArcelorMittal Burns Harbor Friday as Kevin Campbell, of Crown Point resident.

    Campbell suffered fatal injuries when he was struck by another truck driver at the mill. He was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he died near midnight Saturday, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office. The Medical Examiner's Office listed his age as 75.

    United Steelworkers Local 6787 President Pete Trinidad said that “It's very unfortunate this occurred, even if it wasn't one of our employees. Steel mills are a dangerous place to work."

    The USW hopes to be part of an investigation ArcelorMittal will do into the accident, to determine if any new safety measures are needed at the former Bethlehem Steel Mill on the Lake Michigan shore in Porter County.

    Mr Trinidad said that "They're going to be looking at this. They'll see if there is some type of method to better secure their loads without putting them in harm's way."

    The union is arranging for counseling for anyone who needs it because several people were in the area at the time of the accident.

    Mr Trinidad said that "It was very gruesome. It was horrific. It was very bad. It was an accident nobody expected. This mill has a pretty good record with safety."

    Source : NWI Times
  11. forum rang 10 voda 9 november 2016 16:43
    Zimbabwe government gets response from 6 potential investors for ZISCO

    Daily News reported that Zimbabwe government through the Industry ministry, is in the process of vetting six investors who have expressed interest in Kwekwe based steel manufacturer Zimbabwe Iron and Steel Company. Industry ministry deputy minister Chiratidzo Mabuwa, last week told the National Assembly that invitation of expressions of interest had been sent to 29 potential investors and six responses had been receive by October 4, 2016.

    She said that “These potential investors include both local and foreign investors from countries such as South Africa, India and China. My ministry is now working on carrying out the due diligence exercises for these potential investors that have expressed their interest.”

    Ms Mabuwa also highlighted that the ministry expected to finalise the identification of an investor to resuscitate Zisco by the end of 2016.

    Source : Daily News
  12. forum rang 10 voda 9 november 2016 16:43
    AK Steel announces USD 30 price increase for carbon steel products

    AK Steel said that it will increase current spot market base prices for all carbon flat-rolled steel products by a minimum of USD 30 per ton, effective immediately with new orders.

    Source : Strategic Research Institute
  13. forum rang 10 voda 9 november 2016 16:48
    Japan's Tokyo Rope opens subsidiary in Almaty

    AKIpress reported that 7 President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev took part in the ceremony of video-conference launching of the Tokyo Rope Almaty plant on November 7.

    The Tokyo Rope subsidiary in Almaty will produce steel products, including heavy-duty mesh for further production of gabion systems, which are used for the prevention and elimination of emergency situations.

    At the initial steps, the plant will be producing 5,000 tons of steel products a year with further increase. The plant will be export oriented.

    Tokyo Rope manufactures and sells wire rope, wires, steel cords and carbon fibers.

    Source : AKIpress
  14. forum rang 10 voda 9 november 2016 16:49
    Alliance Steel installs Red Bud stretcher leveler

    The Fabricator reported that Alliance Steel has installed a Red Bud 72- by 0.400-in. high-efficiency stretcher leveler with a 90,000-lb. coil capacity at its Bedford Park, Ill., facility. Featuring SUREGRIP® technology, the line can achieve a 40-ft. stretch in a cycle time of less than 8 sec.

    The stretcher is complemented by two inline Bradbury e-drive® corrective levelers to help ensure complete flatness and nearly stress-free results.

    With this addition, the company’s processing capabilities now include slitting, leveling, multiblanking, cold reduction, and stretcher leveling for all flat roll applications.

    Source : The Fabricator
  15. forum rang 10 voda 9 november 2016 16:49
    Triple S Steel Holding acquires Oklahoma based Metals Inc

    Houston-based steel supplier Triple-S Steel Holdings Inc has grown its corporate family with the acquisition of an Oklahoma company. Triple-S recently announced it has acquired Metals, Inc a Tulsa, Okla steel service center.

    Mr Gary Stein CEO of Triple-S said in a statement that "Stainless, aluminum and nickel alloy plates and shapes are a new product line for us to offer our customers in Houston, and their locations in Tulsa and Mobile (Ala.) will allow us to enter entirely new geographies.”

    Triple-S, through its subsidiaries, has a network of 30 steel service centers in several states including Texas and a location Colombia.

    Source : Chorn Com
  16. forum rang 10 voda 9 november 2016 16:50
    200% price hike in manganese ore jolts Indian ferroalloys sector

    A significant 200% surge in manganese ore prices in the last 3-4 months has sent alarm bells ringing across the domestic ferroalloys sector. The latter is a key input for steel makers but 70% of the industry has become import dependent as few new mines have come up in the recent past. The development has worried steel companies, too, since each tonne of steel contains about 6 kg of manganese alloys.

    An analyst said "The local Ferro alloys industry is highly fragmented leaving it with no real pricing power even in the wake of manganese ore prices spiraling to INR 21,000 from INR 7,000per tonne since July this year.”

    However, in the face of soaring input costs, price of Ferro alloys has increased by only around 30%. This has led to a situation where a number of smaller Ferro alloys units have either close down or are on the verge of being shut down with fears of sizeable job losses of nearly a few lakhs.

    With an installed capacity of 3.5 million tonne, manganese alloys industry is currently operating at 70% capacity. While domestic sales are 1.5 million tonne, the exports amount to around one million tonne.

    Recently, a tender floated by Steel Authority of India Limited failed to evoke any response from domestic ferro alloy producers. Uncertainty over prices and input costs is being attributed as the main reason for this.

    Source : Economic Times
  17. forum rang 10 voda 9 november 2016 16:51
    Steel prices jump to register EGP 9,250 per local tonne after flotation of pound

    Daily News Egypt reported steel prices jumped to register EGP 9,250 per local tonne and EGP 9,200 per imported tonne on Friday after the Central Bank of Egypt’s decision to float the Egyptian pound on Thursday. Solb Misr company took the initiative to increase its prices by more than EGP 1,550 per tonne, while other steel companies raised the price of imported steel by EGP 1,800 per tonne to hit unprecedented levels.

    On Saturday evening, steel companies Beshay Steel and El Marakby Steel announced an increase in prices at an average of EGP 1,400 per tonne to reach EGP 8,900 per tonne for the consumer. Ezz Steel is still studying the potential value of an increase.

    As of the end of October, steel prices did not exceed EGP 7,670 per tonne across all steel companies

    Head of the Real Estate Investment Division at the Federation of the Egyptian Chambers of Commerce Mamdouh Badr El-Din expects a decrease in steel prices down to EGP 5,200 per local tonne and EGP 5,800 per imported tonne, once the US dollar exchange rate stabilises and speculation on the rate is eliminated. He also expects a decline in cement prices and all production process inputs.

    Source : Daily News Egypt
  18. forum rang 10 voda 9 november 2016 16:52
    Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal expects coking coal prices to remain strong

    Reuters reported that Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp does not expect coking coal prices to fall any time soon as China's steelmakers maintain high output while the country's coal producers trim supply

    Mr Kazuo Tanimizu, managing executive officer in charge of raw materials at Nippon Steel, told Reuters in an interview that “There is a gap in China's reform speed and reform scale between steelmakers and coal producers. The gap will stay until we see consolidations among Chinese steel mill. That means steelmaking material prices would remain at high levels for a while.”

    He added “I'm worried that their production may not be back in time for our negotiations in December with global suppliers to set prices for the January-March quarter. It will be a tough negotiation. Both coking coal and iron ore prices in the next quarter will likely exceed the levels for this quarter.”

    Nippon Steel and Peabody Energy last month set the October-December coking coal contract benchmark at USD 200 a tonne, more than double the previous quarter's price.

    Source : Reuters
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