By the beginning of 2013, Cia Siderurgica Huachipato SA (Chile) is going to increase pig iron production from 1.2mtpy to 3.25mtpy, steelmaking capacity – from 1.45mtpy to ...

On August 13, Canadian steelmaker ESSAR Steel Algoma put into operation blast furnace No.6 with design capacity 1mt of pig iron a year, thus ...

Low business activity still continues in the US pig iron market, because of the summer vacation season. The US steelmakers succeeded in having the prices for pig iron ...

In Far East market for pig iron Indian suppliers have stabilized offer prices after last week’s decrease, explaining it by their expectation of ...

In the middle of August European consumers are still refraining from purchases of pig iron. Most CIS exporters, expecting EU steelmakers to come to the market in ...

In Q3 2010, Iran's producer of long products Esfahan Steel will expand semis production from 2.5mtpy to 3.5mtpy by installing new 1-mtpy conticaster No.7 and modernizing its oxygen-converter shop to increase its capacity from 3.2mtpy to 3.5mtpy. The equipment will be supplied by Iran's Ghaem Reza Industries Company (GRICO) and ...

Novolipetsk Steel (Russia) increased production of merchant pig iron by 67% to 72,000t, as compared to June. The rise of pig iron tonnages ...

The President of Ukraine has cancelled the decree, establishing reference prices for export of commodities, in particular, raw materials and steel products. From September this year, the decree ...

Major CIS exporters of pig iron plan to come back to the market in late August to resume signing contacts. Recent bookings of large volumes shipped from the Black and Azov Sea ports were made at ...

In early August, EU pig iron consumers are still uninterested in concluding new contracts. Suppliers, in their turn, do not want prices to drop further, and are ...

In the US market for pig iron almost no material was booked in early August. Many suppliers refrain from offers, waiting for consumers to ...

In Far Eastern pig iron market, some suppliers are cutting their offers, though this does not help increase the buying activity. Some Indian suppliers have decreased offer prices by ...

Consumers on Far East's pig iron market are still refraining from making new contracts, providing the argument of overinflated prices for the material...

This week on US pig iron market has been featured by drop of the average price level. There is virtually no demand from consumers in the Far East and Europe, which enables US consumers to insist...

In late July – early August, downward price correction for the material from some countries is registered in European market for pig iron, owing to...