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DLA Strategic Materials has offered high-carbon ferromanganese again under its basic ordering agreement in December after market participants showed increased interest.
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In the final results in an anti-dumping duty administrative review on certain circular welded non-alloy steel pipe (not more than 16 inches in outside diameter) from Mexico, the Commerce Department’s International Trade Administration (ITA) has determined that the respondents did not have reviewable sales or shipments during the Nov. 1, 2009, to Oct. 31, 2010, period of review, and is not changing any duties.
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The Commerce Department’s International Trade Administration (ITA) has delayed until Feb. 27 its final decision in the countervailing duty administrative review of corrosion-resistant carbon steel flat products from South Korea from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 2009.
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The U.S. Commerce Department’s International Trade Administration (ITA) is amending its final results in the countervailing duty administrative review of certain hot-rolled steel flat products from India.
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The Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT) is initiating its final inquiry into the dumping of oil country tubular goods (OCTG) pup joints (with outside diameters of 2⅜ to 4½ inches) from China.
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OTC iron ore prices fell further on December 14, with brokers reporting a “fair” amount of trade to Metal Bulletin.
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London Metal Exchange steel billet prices narrowed on December 14 as a few traders looked to pick up material, anticipating price changes in January.
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Heavy plate prices in northern Europe appear to have declined as mills try to fill their order books in an uncertain economic climate.
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Russian pipemaking group TMK has concluded an agreement with compatriot oil company Lukoil for the supply of pipes in 2012, according to the oil producer.
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An explosion at a steelworks in the Iranian city of Yadz, in which two North Korean weapons experts are believed to have been killed, was "not previously associated" with Iran’s nuclear weapons programme, Iranwatch editor Valerie Lincy told Metal Bulletin.
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Brazilian miner Samarco’s output expansion project will benefit from a tax cut implemented by the country’s government on the imports of some capital, computer and telecommunications equipment.
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Latin American steelmakers produced 6.03 million tonnes of crude steel in November, the second largest monthly figure in 2011, according to figures released by regional steel association Alacero.
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London Metal Exchange steel billet prices will be made available to all LME market data subscribers from January 1, 2012, the bourse said.
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Two unnamed parties have expressed interest in bidding for Perth-based coal producer ZYL, the miner said in a statement December 14.
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Industry observers are taking a guarded view of comments by Evraz group chairman Aleksandr Abramov that merging his company with fellow Russian steelmaker Severstal would be a “good idea”, ascribed in an interview in the UK’s Financial Times daily newspaper.
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Phase one of Acerinox’s part-owned Bahru Stainless project in Malaysia has been completed, with the first steel coil processed in the annealing and pickling line, the stainless steelmaker said.
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Brazilian welded steel pipe producer TenarisConfab is in final negotiations for the supply of 303km of pipes to the country’s state-owned oil giant, Petrobras, in a deal worth 657 million Reais ($360 million).
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Outokumpu will cut 200 jobs at its Finnish operations after concluding employee negotiations that were initiated in October, the stainless steelmaker said.
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China’s iron ore import market weakened on Wednesday December 14 as thin buying forced some miners to lower prices.
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State-owned Emirates Steel is working closely with the Abu Dhabi government to impose customs duties on steel imports to the UAE, ceo Saeed Al Romaithi confirmed to delegates at the Metal Bulletin Middle East Iron & Steel conference in Dubai on December 14.
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The correlation between oil prices and steel demand among the Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) nations is 89%, Abu Bucker Husain, ceo of Al Ghurair Iron & Steel, told delegates at the Metal Bulletin Middle East Iron & Steel conference in Dubai on December 14.
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Spot rebar prices in Shanghai fell on Wednesday, as falling equities hit market confidence.
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China’s shipowners have asked the government to closely monitor the safety of Vale’s giant iron ore carriers, one of which sprung a leak before leaving Brazil last week.
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Billet and rebar import prices into Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) nations remained steady this week, traders told Metal Bulletin.